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Table 1
Comparison of original cause of death tabulation based on immediate cause from the medical certificate against underlying cause of death from the medical certificate†: ICD 103 cause list (selected causes), Tonga, 2008
Original tabulation	Underlying cause of death from medical certificate 1

	1-001- 1-025*	1-012	1-019	1-026	1-052	1-059	1-064- 1-071+	1-065	1-067	1-069	1-072	1-080	1-082	1-084	1-087	1-092	1-093	1-094	1-095	Other	Unknown	Total

1-001 - 1-025*	3																					4

1-012	1	2	2		10	3					2		4	2		1				3		30

1-019			1																			1

1-026			1	55																		56

1-052					12																	12

1-064 - 1-071+				2	9		37	2	5		6			1						1		63

1-067					6				28						1							35

1-069					2				1	15									2			20

1-072	3			4	4		5			1	34											51

1-080			5	2								6										13

1-083		1											1									2

1-084		1		2										7								10

1-092																13						13

1-093																	3					3

1-094	2						5		1	1			1			1		10	1	3		25

1-095																						0

Other	1			2	15	1								2						10		31

Injury~																			24			24

Unknown					1														1		36	38

Total	10	4	9	67	59	4	47	2	35	17	42	6	6	12	1	15	3	10	29	17	36	431

†Determined according to ICD principles [10], excluding potential impact of contributory causes (Part II) in the causal sequence (Part I) Single causes from ICD list 1 are recorded in italics, disease groups are shown in plain text. 1-001-1025 Infectious and parasitic diseases (other than septicemia and viral hepatitis) 1-012 Septicemia 1-019 Viral hepatitis 1-026 Neoplasms 1-052 Diabetes 1-059 Meningitis 1-064 - 1071 Diseases of the circulatory system (excluding rheumatic, ischemic, and cerebrovascular heart disease) 1-065 Rheumatic heart diseases 1-067 Ischemic heart disease 1-069 Cerebrovascular heart disease 1-072 Diseases of the respiratory system 1-080 Diseases of the liver 1-084 Diseases of the genitourinary system 1-087 Pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium 1-092 Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period 1-093 Congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities 1-094 Symptoms, signs, and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings not elsewhere classified 1-095 Injury, poisoning, and certain other consequences of external causes Other All other causes
Carter et al. Population Health Metrics 2012 10:4 doi:10.1186/1478-7954-10-4

Table 1