Mortality patterns in Vietnam, 2006: Findings from a national verbal autopsy survey

BMC Research Notes

Table 6 Causes of death by ICD-10 chapter, males, Vietnam, 2007

		0-14 years		15-59 years		60+ years		All ages
ICD-10 Chapter		N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
I	Infectious and parasitic	22	7.4	195	11.3	90	4.4	306	7.5
II	Neoplasms	11	3.7	355	20.6	406	19.7	775	19.0
IV	Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic	5	1.7	15	0.9	5	0.2	25	0.6
VI	Nervous system	13	4.4	29	1.7	25	1.2	67	1.6
IX	Circulatory system	7	2.4	229	13.3	754	36.7	990	24.3
X	Respiratory system	43	14.5	57	3.3	231	11.2	331	8.1
XI	Digestive system	14	4.7	119	6.9	98	4.8	231	5.7
XIV	Genitourinary	3	1.0	16	0.9	19	0.9	38	0.9
XVI	Perinatal	68	22.9	0	0.0	0	0.0	62	1.5
XVII	Congenital malformations	16	5.4	2	0.1	0	0.0	18	0.4
XVIII	Symptoms etc not elsewhere classified	19	6.4	124	7.2	239	11.6	382	9.4
XIX/XX	Injuries and external causes	72	24.2	544	31.5	128	6.2	744	18.2
	All other chapters	4	1.3	40	2.3	61	3.0	109	2.7
	Total	297		1725		2056		4078

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