Table 2

Proportionate mortality distributions (in %) for leading causes of death in Thailand,2005: vital registration data, selected study sample and final study recruited sample

Cause

ICD codes

Registration data

Study sample

Recruited sample

Symptoms signs and ill defined conditions

R00-R99

38.2

37.5

39.6

Septicaemia

A40-A41

5.8

5.7

5.4

All other external causes

W20-W64, W75-W99, X10-X39, X50-X59, Y10-Y89

4.8

4.7

4.2

Other malignant neoplasms

*

4.0

4.0

4.0

Cerebrovascular diseases

I60-I69

4.0

4.1

3.8

Genitourinary diseases

N17-N98

3.2

3.7

3.9

Liver cancer

C22

3.2

2.7

2.9

Pneumonia

J12-J18

3.1

3.0

2.8

Ischaemic heart disease

I20-I25

2.9

3.1

2.8

Transport accidents

V01-V99

2.8

2.9

2.8

Diseases of the liver

K70-K76

2.1

2.0

2.0

Lung cancer

C33-C34

2.0

2.1

2.1

HIV/AIDS

B20-B24

2.0

2.0

1.8

Diabetes mellitus

E10-E14

1.9

1.9

1.9

Other respiratory diseases

J00-J06, J30-J39, J60-J98

1.8

1.9

1.9

Other heart diseases

I26-I51

1.5

1.6

1.5

Chronic lower respiratory diseases

J40-J47

1.4

1.7

1.6

Tuberculosis

A15-A16

1.3

1.2

1.2

Other diseases of the nervous system

G04-G25, G31-G98

1.3

1.3

1.3

Other digestive disorders

K00-K22, K28-K66, K80-K92

1.2

1.1

1.1

All other causes

All other codes

11.5

11.8

11.4

Total deaths (100%)

395374

11984

9644

*C17, C23-C24, C26-C31, C37-C41, C44-C49, C51-C52, C57-C60, C62-C66, C68-C69, C73-C81, C88, C96-C97

Rao et al. Population Health Metrics 2010 8:11   doi:10.1186/1478-7954-8-11