Table 4

Underlying causes of death in adults aged 15-64 years, Tonga, 2008

Cause of death*

Males

Females

Reported deaths

Proportional mortality (%)

Reported deaths

Proportional mortality (%)

1-064

Diseases of the circulatory system

28

28

16

23

1-067

Ischemic heart diseases

18

18

4

6

1-069

Cerebrovascular diseases

1

1

4

6

1-065

Acute rheumatic fever and chronic rheumatic heart diseases

1

1

1

1

1-051

Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases (all diabetes (1-052))

19

19

13

18

1-095

External causes of morbidity and mortality

18

18

3

4

1-096

Transport accidents

6

6

0

0

1-101

Intentional self-harm

4

4

0

0

1-026

Neoplasms

15

15

20

28

1-036

Malignant neoplasm of breast

0

3

4

1-037

Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri

0

2

3

1-039

Malignant neoplasm of ovary

0

2

3

1-031

Malignant neoplasm of liver and intrahepatic bile ducts

3

3

1

1

1-034

Malignant neoplasm of trachea, bronchus, and lung

3

3

0

1-029

Malignant neoplasm of stomach

2

2

2

3

1-030

Malignant neoplasm of colon, rectum, and anus

2

2

2

3

1-001

Certain infectious and parasitic diseases

10

10

3

4

1-019

Viral hepatitis

6

6

2

3

1-072

Diseases of the respiratory system

4

4

3

4

1-078

Diseases of the digestive system

3

3

3

4

1-084

Diseases of the genitourinary system

2

2

3

4

1-094

Symptoms, signs, and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified

1

1

1

1

1-058

Diseases of the nervous system

0

0

3

4

1-082

Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue

0

0

2

3

1-087

Pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium

0

1

1

Other categories

1

1

0

0

TOTAL

101

100

71

100

* Tabulated according to ICD list 1 [10]. The table shows cause categories by ICD chapter in bold, with important individual cause categories from ICD list 1 shown in small print under their assigned ICD chapter

Carter et al. Population Health Metrics 2012 10:4   doi:10.1186/1478-7954-10-4