The contribution of reduction in malaria as a cause of rapid decline of under-five mortality: evidence from the Rufiji Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) in rural Tanzania

Table 2 Under-five causes of death rates (per 1,000 person-year) by period in the Rufiji Health and Demographic Surveillance System (RHDSS), Tanzania, 1999-2007

Cause of death	1999-2002		2003-2007		Overall
Cause of death	N	Death rates	N	Death rates	N	Death rates
Malaria and fever	623	12.5	540	7.8	1163	9.8
Pneumonia	200	4.0	192	2.8	392	3.3
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	0.8	14	0.2	53	0.5
Anaemia	44	0.9	110	1.6	154	1.3
Malnutrition	86	1.7	63	0.9	149	1.3
Birth Injuries/Asphyxia	59	1.2	104	1.5	163	1.3
Prematurity/LBW	105	2.1	131	1.9	236	2.0
Congenital abnormalities	31	0.6	14	0.2	46	0.4
Other perinatal	105	2.1	37	0.5	142	1.2
Other	107	2.2	87	1.3	194	1.6
Total	1399	28.1	1292	18.6	2691	22.6
Person-year		49762.8		69419.3		119219.4

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