Table 3 Causes of death by age groups in Korogwe HDSS from 2006 to 2012
Cause of death | Age groups | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Infants (< 1 year) | Under-fives (1–4 years) | Children (5–14 years) | Adults (15–59 years) | Elderly (60+ years) | |
n (%)[rank] | n (%)[rank] | n (%)[rank] | n (%)[rank] | n (%)[rank] | |
Malaria | 35 (28.2)[1] | 34 (59.6)[1] | 20 (41.7)[1] | 49 (13.9)[2] | 60 (16.6)[1] |
Pneumonia | 20 (16.1)[2] | 7 (12.2)[2] | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Sepsis | 13 (10.5)[3] | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
BA | 12 (9.7)[4] | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Premature | 8 (6.5)[5] | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
SBF | 4 (3.2)[6] | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
HIV/AIDS | 0 (0) | 3 (5.3)[3] | 0 (0) | 62 (17.6)[1] | 0 (0) |
Accident | 0 (0) | 3 (5.3)[4] | 2 (4.2)[4] | 16 (4.6)[5] | 0 (0) |
Malnutrition | 0 (0) | 2 (3.5)[5] | 2 (4.2)[5] | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Diarrhoea | 0 (0) | 2 (3.5)[6] | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Epilepsy | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 5 (10.3)[2] | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Anaemia | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 3 (6.2)[3] | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Cancer | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (4.2)[6] | 19 (5.4)[4] | 28 (7.8)[4] |
Tuberculosis | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 34 (9.7)[3] | 25 (6.9)[6] |
HF | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 11 (3.1)[6] | 27 (7.5)[5] |
Stroke | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 41 (11.4)[2] |
HTN | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 33 (9.1)[3] |
Others | 16 (12.9)[7] | 3 (5.3)[7] | 7 (14.5)[7] | 121 (31.2)[7] | 92 (28.5)[7] |
Undetermined | 16 (12.9)[8] | 3 (5.3)[8] | 7 (14.5)[8] | 53 (14.5)[8] | 44 (12.1)[8] |
Total | 124 (100.0) | 57 (100.0) | 48 (100.0) | 365 (100.0) | 348 (100.0) |