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

Deaths by Cause, Sex, and Age in the East Asia and Pacific Region, 2001
		Male									Female
Cause	Total	0-4	5-14	15-29	30-44	45-59	60-69	70-79	80+	Total	0-4	5-14	15-29	30-44	45-59	60-69	70-79	80+	Total
Population (millions)	1,849	80	175	244	224	136	51	25	6	942	74	161	232	217	131	52	30	10	907
All causes	13,070	701	121	416	624	1,182	1,388	1,619	895	6,945	697	97	220	408	747	936	1,530	1,491	6,124
I. Communicable, maternal, perinatal, and nutritional conditions	2,470	535	35	83	153	160	137	135	86	1,324	542	34	67	100	85	80	106	130	1,145
A. Infectious and parasitic diseases	1,299	196	25	70	139	132	102	88	37	790	168	25	44	69	67	52	53	32	509
1. Tuberculosis	534	2	3	29	64	82	82	65	19	347	2	3	22	39	42	36	31	12	187
2. Sexually transmitted diseases excluding HIV/AIDS	9	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	4	0	—	0	1	2	1	1	0	4
a. Syphilis	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
b. Chlamydia	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	0	—	—	1
c. Gonorrhea	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	0	0	—	0	0	0	—	—	—	0
d. Other sexually transmitted diseases	3	0	—	0	0	0	0	—	0	1	0	—	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
3. HIV/AIDS	106	3	0	15	43	16	1	0	0	79	2	0	5	9	8	2	1	0	27
4. Diarrheal diseases	226	105	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	118	95	1	1	1	1	2	3	4	107
5. Childhood-cluster diseases	107	32	14	5	1	1	0	0	0	54	32	14	5	1	1	0	0	0	53
a. Pertussis	3	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
b. Poliomyelitis^a	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	—	—	—	0	—	—	—	0
c. Diphtheria	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	0
d. Measles	76	22	12	3	—	—	—	—	—	38	23	12	3	—	—	—	—	—	38
e. Tetanus	27	8	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	14	7	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	13
6. Meningitis	33	7	1	3	2	2	1	1	1	16	6	1	3	3	2	1	1	0	17
7. Hepatitis B^b	32	1	0	3	7	11	3	1	1	26	1	0	1	2	1	1	0	1	6
Hepatitis C^b	13	0	0	1	3	5	1	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
8. Malaria	30	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9
9. Tropical-cluster diseases	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
a. Trypanosomiasis	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
b. Chagas' disease	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—	—	—	—	0
c. Schistosomiasis	3	—	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
d. Leishmaniasis	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	1
e. Lymphatic filariasis	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	0	—	0	0	0
f. Onchocerciasis	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
10. Leprosy	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11. Dengue	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
12. Japanese encephalitis	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
13. Trachoma	0	0	—	0	—	0	—	0	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
14. Intestinal nematode infections	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
a. Ascariasis	1	0	0	—	—	0	—	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	—	—	0
b. Trichuriasis	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
c. Hookworm disease	0	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
.Other intestinal infections	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0
Other infectious diseases	190	24	3	13	16	11	8	15	12	102	18	3	7	12	8	9	17	13	87
B. Respiratory infections	571	68	8	10	11	25	33	45	48	248	127	8	5	6	10	24	49	93	323
1. Lower respiratory infections	544	63	8	9	10	22	32	44	46	233	122	8	5	5	10	24	48	89	311
2. Upper respiratory infections	27	6	0	1	1	2	2	1	2	14	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	12
3. Otitis media	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0
C. Maternal conditions	37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	16	20	0	—	—	—	37
1. Maternal hemorrhage	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	6	0	—	—	—	12
2. Maternal sepsis	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	—	—	—	3
3. Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0	—	—	—	5
4. Obstructed labor	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	—	—	—	2
5. Abortion	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	2	0	—	—	—	5
Other maternal conditions	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	6	0	—	—	—	10
D. Perinatal conditions^c	502	262	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	262	241	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	241
1. Low birthweight	193	100	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	100	92	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	92
2. Birth asphyxia and birth trauma	158	83	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	83	74	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	74
Other perinatal conditions	152	78	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	78	74	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	74
E. Nutritional deficiencies	61	9	1	3	2	3	2	2	2	24	6	1	2	6	8	5	4	5	37
1. Protein-energy malnutrition	27	7	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	14	5	1	0	1	1	1	1	2	12
2. Iodine deficiency	0	0	0	—	0	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	—	0	—	0	—	—	0
3. Vitamin A deficiency	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
4. Iron-deficiency anemia	25	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	6	1	0	2	5	7	3	1	1	19
Other nutritional disorders	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	6
II. Noncommunicable diseases	9,221	125	26	96	254	860	1,168	1,429	783	4,741	115	25	67	195	571	808	1,375	1,324	4,479
A. Malignant neoplasms	2,143	6	8	26	90	346	382	316	91	1,264	6	6	15	79	217	211	229	114	879
1. Mouth and oropharynx cancers	66	0	0	1	5	16	12	8	2	45	0	0	0	1	6	5	6	3	22
2. Esophageal cancer	234	—	—	1	8	36	52	41	9	147	0	0	0	2	20	25	27	12	87
3. Stomach cancer	442	0	0	3	16	76	84	75	25	278	0	0	2	13	33	36	49	31	164
4. Colon and rectal cancers	159	0	0	2	7	20	24	22	9	83	0	0	1	7	16	19	20	14	76
5. Liver cancer	373	0	0	5	29	99	74	51	11	269	1	0	2	10	25	28	27	10	104
6. Pancreas cancer	37	0	0	0	2	7	6	5	2	22	0	0	0	1	3	4	5	2	16
7. Trachea, bronchus, and lung cancers	387	0	0	1	12	60	94	77	18	262	0	0	0	6	27	36	42	12	125
8. Melanoma and other skin cancers	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
9. Breast cancer	93	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	16	38	19	13	7	93
10. Cervix uteri cancer	47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	2	3	14	13	11	4	47
11. Corpus uteri cancer	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	1	8
12. Ovarian cancer	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	1	4	8	6	5	2	25
13. Prostate cancer	16	0	0	0	0	1	4	8	3	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
14. Bladder cancer	30	0	0	0	0	2	6	9	4	21	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	8
15. Lymphomas and multiple myeloma	42	0	1	2	4	6	5	3	1	24	0	1	1	3	4	3	4	2	18
16. Leukemia	76	3	5	10	4	7	6	5	2	42	3	4	4	6	7	4	4	2	35
Other malignant neoplasms	104	2	1	1	3	15	15	12	5	54	2	1	1	5	12	10	11	8	50
B. Other neoplasms	21	1	1	1	1	3	2	2	1	9	1	0	0	1	3	2	2	1

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

Table 3B.2: Deaths by Cause, Sex, and Age in the East Asia and Pacific Region, 2001