Table 2 Top ten causes of death among adolescents by age group and sex
From: Cause of death among Ghanaian adolescents in Accra using autopsy data
Young Adolescents (N = 364) | N (%) | Older Adolescents (N = 518) | N (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Typhoid | 39 (10.7) | Pneumonia | 49 (9.5) |
Pneumonia | 38 (10.4) | Sickle cell | 44 (8.5) |
Malaria | 28 (7.7) | Typhoid | 35 (6.8) |
Sickle cell | 27 (7.4) | Drowning | 34 (6.6) |
Malignant neoplasms | 23 (6.3) | Road traffic accidents | 33 (6.4) |
Drowning | 23 (6.3) | Malignant neoplasms | 32 (6.2) |
Meningitis | 22 (6.0) | Meningitis | 25 (4.8) |
Road traffic accidents | 17 (4.7) | Tuberculosis | 18 (3.5) |
Tuberculosis | 12 (3.3) | Infectious gastroenteritis | 12 (2.3) |
Anemia | 10 (2.7) | Malaria | 10 (1.9) |
Males (N = 480) | N (%) | Females (N = 402) | N (%) |
Drowning | 45 (9.4) | Pneumonia | 43 (10.7) |
Pneumonia | 44 (9.2) | Typhoid | 35 (8.7) |
Sickle cell | 40 (8.3) | Sickle cell | 31 (7.7) |
Typhoid | 39 (8.1) | Malignant neoplasms | 28 (7.0) |
Meningitis | 34 (7.1) | Maternal | 27 (6.7) |
Malignant neoplasms | 27 (5.6) | Road traffic accidents | 24 (6.0) |
Road traffic accidents | 26 (5.4) | Malaria | 19 (4.7) |
Malaria | 19 (4.0) | Tuberculosis | 15 (3.7) |
Tuberculosis | 15 (3.1) | Meningitis | 13 (3.2) |
Infectious gastroenteritis | 9 (1.9) | Drowning | 12 (3.0) |
Anemia | 12 (3.0) |