Table 6

Proportionate mortality by cause across broad age groups based on medical record review of hospital deaths in the study sample for females, Thailand, 2005.

age group (years)

Medically certified causes of death

ICD-10 codes

<1

1-14

15-49

50-74

≥75

All ages

Cerebrovascular diseases

I60-I69

1.2

5.7

6.4

13.3

Ischaemic heart diseases

I20-I25

0.2

5.5

4.0

9.7

Diabetes mellitus

E10-E14

0.8

5.6

3.0

9.5

HIV/AIDS

B20-B24

6.5

0.6

0.1

7.3

Diseases of GU system

N17-N98

0.7

2.5

2.1

5.3

Pneumonia

J12-J18

0.1

0.4

1.3

1.4

3.1

Other heart diseases

I26-I51

0.7

1.3

1.0

2.9

Transport accidents

V01-V99

0.4

1.6

0.7

0.2

2.9

Cancer of cervix uteri

C53

0.8

1.5

0.4

2.7

Diseases of the liver

K70-K76

0.9

1.6

0.2

2.7

COPD

J40-J47

1.3

1.3

2.5

Hypertensive diseases

I10-I13

0.1

1.3

1.0

2.4

Cancer of lung

C33-C34

0.2

1.5

0.7

2.3

Other dis. of digestive system

K00-K22, K28-K66, K80-K92

1.2

1.0

2.1

Dis of muscle & connective tissue

M00-M99

1.2

0.6

0.3

2.1

Cancer of colon

C18-C21

0.1

1.1

0.5

1.7

Cancer of liver

C22

0.2

1.0

0.5

1.7

Cancer of breast

C50

0.4

1.1

0.1

1.6

Perinatal conditions

P00-P96

1.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

1.4

Septicaemia

A40-A41

0.3

0.4

0.5

1.3

All others

0.7

1.1

5.6

9.2

4.9

21.5

Total (%)

2.1

1.6

21.8

45.0

29.4

100.0

Total sample deaths

30

23

297

614

401

1365

Pattaraarchachai et al. Population Health Metrics 2010 8:12   doi:10.1186/1478-7954-8-12