Table 3 Cause and age specific mortality rates (per 1000 person-years) among females in Kilite-Awlaelo health and demographic surveillance system, northern Ethiopia, 2010-2012

<1 year (person-years = 464.6)

Bacterial sepsis of newborn

VA-10.08

14

30.13

Indeterminate

N/A

7

15.07

Prematurity

VA-10.02

6

12.91

Acute lower respiratory infections

VA-01.13

4

8.61

Congenital malformation of the nervous system

VA-10.09

2

4.30

1-4 years (person-years = 4276.8)

Severe malnutrition

VA-03.02

4

0.94

Acute lower respiratory infections

VA-01.13

3

0.70

Indeterminate

N/A

3

0.70

Accidental Exposure to smoke, fire and flame

VA-11.05

2

0.47

Intestinal infection diseases

VA-01.01

2

0.47

5-14 years (person-years = 29707.1)

Accidental drowning and submersion

VA-11.04

7

0.24

Missing

-

2

0.07

Accidental Fall

VA-11.03

2

0.07

Meningitis

VA-01.11

2

0.07

Tuberculosis

VA-01.03

2

0.07

15-49 years (person-years = 56137.4)

Indeterminate

N/A

10

0.18

HIV/AIDS

VA-01.09

8

0.14

Tuberculosis

VA-01.03

8

0.14

Missing

-

5

0.09

Infectious diseases, unspecified cause

VA-01.99

4

0.07

50-64 years (person years = 9758.3)

Tuberculosis

VA-01.03

17

1.74

Indeterminate

N/A

6

0.61

Missing

-

4

0.41

Celebrovascular diseases

VA-04.03

4

0.41

Accidental Fall

VA-11.03

2

0.20

65-84 years (person-years = 5075.2)

Tuberculosis

VA-01.03

30

5.91

Indeterminate

N/A

21

4.14

Celebrovascular diseases

VA-04.03

11

2.17

Acute lower respiratory infections

VA-01.13

9

1.77

Meningitis

VA-01.11

8

1.58

85+ years (person-years = 374.4)

Indeterminate

N/A

10

2.67

Missing

-

5

1.34

Infectious diseases, unspecified cause

VA-01.99

5

1.34

Intestinal infection diseases

VA-01.01

4

1.07

Acute lower respiratory infections

VA-01.13

3

0.80