3. The Burden of Disease and Mortality by Condition: Data, Methods, and Results for 2001

Table 3.3: Distribution of Percentage of Total Deaths Assigned to Ill-Defined Codes for 105 WHO Member States, Most Recent Available Year

Distribution of Percentage of Total Deaths Assigned to Ill-Defined Codes for 105 WHO Member States, Most Recent Available Year
Percentage of deaths assigned to ill-defined codes
III-defined code group Median 25th percentile 75th percentile Maximum
Symptoms 4.0 2.1 8.7 44.0
Injury 0.5 0.2 1.3 5.1 a
Cancer 1.0 0.5 1.5 2.7
Cardiovascular disease 5.3 2.7 7.7 23.4
Total ill-defined 12.0 7.0 17.2 48.8

Source: Mathers and others 2005 .

Note: Table includes those countries supplying data on death registration for most recent year since 1990 and with at least 50 percent completeness or coverage.

a. These data exclude South Africa, where 93 percent of deaths from external causes were coded to ill-defined injuries.

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