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Table 5 Completeness of causes of death among three classification systems, using MDS 2001–2003 records

From: Performance criteria for verbal autopsy-based systems to estimate national causes of death: development and application to the Indian Million Death Study

 

Classification system

Causes of death

MDS

WHOb

GBD

 

Number deaths

%

Number deaths

%

Number deaths

%

Neonates (Age 0 to 28 days)

      

 Prematurity and low birth weight

3,631

33.3

2,914

26.8

2,604

23.9

 Birth asphyxia and birth trauma

2,073

19.0

1,870

17.2

2,064

18.9

 Neonatal infectionsa

2,883

26.5

1,261

11.6

1,144

10.5

 All other causes

1,600

14.7

4,707

43.2

4,940

45.4

 Ill-defined conditions

705

6.5

140

1.3

-

 

 Deaths missing ICD-10 codes

-

-

-

-

140

1.3

 Total deaths: neonates

10,892

100

10,892

100

10,892

100

Under 5 (Age 1 to 59 month)

      

 Pneumonia

3,432

28.0

3,409

27.8

3,410

27.8

 Diarrheal diseases

2,716

22.2

2,716

22.2

2,713

22.1

 Malaria

587

4.8

587

4.8

587

4.8

 Other infections/parasitic diseases

2,149

17.5

2,113

17.2

1,709

13.9

 Injuries

757

6.2

757

6.2

722

5.9

 All other causes

1,845

15.0

2,280

18.6

1,259

10.3

 Ill-defined conditions

774

6.3

398

3.2

-

 

 Deaths missing ICD-10 codes

-

  

-

1,860

15.2

 Total deaths: 1 to 59 months

12,260

100

12,260

100

12,260

100

Age 5 to 69 years

      

Infections, parasitic diseases, maternal and nutritional conditions

  

 Malaria

2,094

3.3

2,094

3.3

2,094

3.3

 Tuberculosis

5,714

9.0

5,560

8.8

5,713

9.0

 HIV/STI

439

0.7

416

0.7

431

0.7

 Other infectious diseases

7,005

11.1

7,031

11.1

5,972

9.5

 Maternal conditions

1,053

1.7

1,028

1.6

1,028

1.6

 Nutritional conditions

387

0.6

391

0.6

381

0.6

Noncommunicable conditions

 

-

 

-

 

-

 Cancer

5,511

8.7

5,511

8.7

4,048

6.4

 Heart Diseases

7,557

12.0

7,231

11.5

7,231

11.5

 Stroke

4,526

7.2

4,366

6.9

629

1.0

 Other CVD

1,642

2.6

1,723

2.7

471

0.7

 Chronic respiratory diseases

5,494

8.7

5,327

8.4

5,367

8.5

 Cirrhosis of the liver

2,463

3.9

1,705

2.7

1,726

2.7

 Other digestive diseases

2,248

3.6

834

1.3

1,285

2.0

 Renal/endocrine diseases

2,511

4.0

2,405

3.8

743

1.2

 Other chronic diseases

1,722

2.7

6,407

10.1

1,425

2.3

Injuries

 

-

 

-

 

-

 Road traffic accidents

1,864

3.0

1,990

3.2

1,736

2.7

 Suicides

2,647

4.2

2,647

4.2

2,519

4.0

 Other injuries

4,497

7.1

4,510

7.1

3,916

6.2

All other causes

-

-

122

0.2

57

0.1

 Ill-defined conditions

3,766

6.0

1,835

2.9

-

-

 Deaths missing ICD-10 codes

-

-

7

0.0

16,368

25.9

 Total deaths: 5 to 69 years

63,140

100

63,140

100

63,140

100

  1. Notes: We devise a separate classification system in the MDS for neonates aged 0 to 28 days and children aged 1 to 59 months owing to few non-communicable deaths. aNeonatal infections include neonatal pneumonia, sepsis and CNS infections; bin WHO classification, except category 99 (ICD-10 codes R95-R99), all other ill-defined causes and other causes not assigned to major disease categories are pooled with un-specific non-communicable diseases. This table shows only ICD-10, R95-R99 under ill-defined. This table does not show redistributed deaths in the GBD. CVD, cardiovascular disease; GBD, Global Burden of Disease; ICD, International Classification of Disease; MDS, Million Death Study; STI, sexually-transmitted infections; WHO, World Health Organization.
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