From: Mortality patterns in Vietnam, 2006: Findings from a national verbal autopsy survey
Males | Females | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Cause | N | % |  | Cause | N | % |
1 | Transport accidents | 264 | 15.3 | 1 | Transport accidents | 60 | 10.5 |
2 | Cerebrovascular diseases | 132 | 7.7 | 2 | Cerebrovascular diseases | 47 | 8.2 |
3 | HIV/AIDS | 105 | 6.1 | 3 | Liver cancer | 31 | 5.4 |
4 | Liver cancer | 97 | 5.6 | 4 | Suicide | 24 | 4.2 |
5 | Other external causes | 86 | 5.0 | 5 | Other heart diseases | 22 | 3.8 |
6 | Liver diseases | 83 | 4.8 | 6 | Stomach cancer | 19 | 3.3 |
7 | Accidental drowning | 65 | 3.8 | 7 | Colon, rectum, anus cancer | 18 | 3.1 |
8 | Tuberculosis | 62 | 3.6 | 8 | Other cancer of uterus | 17 | 3.0 |
9 | Suicide | 61 | 3.5 | 9 | Accidental drowning | 17 | 3.0 |
10 | Lung cancer | 58 | 3.4 | 10 | Breast cancer | 17 | 3.0 |
 | Ill-defined | 124 | 7.2 |  | Ill-defined | 27 | 4.7 |
 | All other causes | 588 | 34.1 |  | All other causes | 273 | 47.7 |
 | Total | 1725 |  |  | Total | 572 |  |