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

Deaths by Cause, Sex, and Age in the South Asia Region, 2001 (thousands)
		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)	1,388	88	164	195	139	81	30	14	4	715	83	154	180	128	77	31	16	4	673
All causes	13,557	1,782	246	485	688	1,117	1,111	1,127	543	7,099	1,830	289	502	480	763	911	1,089	594	6,458
I. Communicable, maternal, perinatal, and nutritional conditions	5,882	1,623	142	167	296	270	201	204	103	3,007	1,619	176	221	231	157	165	190	117	2,875
A. Infectious and parasitic diseases	2,987	597	107	153	279	239	115	92	42	1,624	676	134	112	119	119	79	79	46	1,363
1. Tuberculosis	604	5	6	49	97	118	69	32	5	381	4	7	48	61	54	30	17	4	224
2. Sexually transmitted diseases excluding HIV/AIDS	71	12	0	0	1	7	6	5	2	33	25	0	0	1	6	4	2	1	38
a. Syphilis	59	12	0	0	0	5	6	5	2	30	25	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	29
b. Chlamydia	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	5	1	—	—	6
c. Gonorrhea	0	—	—	0	0	—	0	—	—	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—	—	0
d. Other sexually transmitted diseases	5	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2
3. HIV/AIDS	272	7	2	42	114	41	3	1	0	210	7	2	20	25	8	1	0	0	62
4. Diarrheal diseases	695	329	1	2	4	5	5	7	9	363	302	1	1	2	4	5	7	12	332
5. Childhood-cluster diseases	467	167	41	11	6	3	1	1	1	231	171	42	11	6	3	1	1	1	236
a. Pertussis	108	54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	54	54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	54
b. Poliomyelitis	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
c. Diphtheria	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	1	1	0	0	0	—	—	—	0	2
d. Measles	216	71	31	4	—	—	—	—	—	106	74	31	4	—	—	—	—	—	110
e. Tetanus	140	41	10	7	6	3	1	1	1	70	42	10	7	6	3	1	1	1	70
6. Meningitis	71	4	9	6	4	5	3	4	2	36	13	11	4	1	1	2	2	1	35
7. Hepatitis B^a	28	0	0	3	4	7	2	2	1	19	0	1	2	1	2	1	1	0	9
Hepatitis C^a	11	0	0	1	2	3	1	1	0	7	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	4
8. Malaria	63	27	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	30	30	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	33
9. Tropical-cluster diseases	41	1	8	6	3	3	1	0	0	22	3	8	4	1	1	1	0	0	18
a. Trypanosomiasis	0	—	—	—	0	—	—	—	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
b. Chagas' disease	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	0	—	—	—	0
c. Schistosomiasis	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
d. Leishmaniasis	40	1	8	6	3	2	1	0	—	22	3	8	4	1	1	1	0	—	18
e. Lymphatic filariasis	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	0	0	—	0	0	0
f. Onchocerciasis	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
10. Leprosy	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
11. Dengue	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
12. Japanese encephalitis	10	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5
13. Trachoma	0	0	—	0	—	0	—	—	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
14. Intestinal nematode infections	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
a. Ascariasis	2	0	1	0	0	0	—	0	—	1	0	1	0	0	—	0	—	—	1
b. Trichuriasis	2	0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	1	—	—	—	—	0	—	1
c. Hookworm disease	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	0
Other infectious diseases	638	43	35	32	41	46	22	39	21	278	117	57	20	19	37	34	48	27	360
B. Respiratory infections	1,435	412	19	9	11	16	84	108	58	718	420	25	8	5	11	76	105	67	717
1. Lower respiratory infections	1,414	411	19	9	11	15	82	105	57	708	415	24	8	4	11	74	103	66	706
2. Upper respiratory infections	20	2	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	9	5	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	11
3. Otitis media	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0
C. Maternal conditions	199	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	98	99	2	—	—	—	199
1. Maternal hemorrhage	61	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	27	32	1	—	—	—	61
2. Maternal sepsis	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	14	12	0	—	—	—	27
3. Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	16	11	0	—	—	—	28
4. Obstructed labor	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	10	9	0	—	—	—	19
5. Abortion	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	17	12	—	—	—	—	28
Other maternal conditions	36	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	13	23	1	—	—	—	36
D. Perinatal conditions^b	1,086	597	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	597	490	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	490
1. Low birthweight	757	406	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	406	351	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	351
2. Birth asphyxia and birth trauma	192	122	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	122	70	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	70
Other perinatal conditions	137	68	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	68	68	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	68
E. Nutritional deficiencies	175	17	16	5	5	15	2	5	3	67	33	17	3	8	25	10	7	4	107
1. Protein-energy malnutrition	67	13	11	2	0	1	0	0	0	29	20	14	1	1	2	1	0	0	38
2. Iodine deficiency	3	1	1	—	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
3. Vitamin A deficiency	4	0	1	0	—	0	—	—	—	2	1	1	—	—	0	—	0	0	2
4. Iron-deficiency anemia	61	0	2	2	4	11	0	0	0	19	2	1	2	7	21	7	0	0	42
Other nutritional disorders	39	2	1	1	1	3	2	4	2	16	8	1	0	0	1	2	6	3	23
II. Noncommunicable diseases	6,346	129	44	107	203	714	854	872	412	3,335	163	57	117	153	521	697	852	452	3,011
A. Malignant neoplasms	927	6	7	18	34	94	154	112	51	476	7	6	18	37	108	119	91	64	451
1. Mouth and oropharynx cancers	140	0	0	2	7	21	35	20	8	94	0	0	1	2	11	14	11	8	47
2. Esophageal cancer	80	0	0	0	3	9	18	10	4	44	0	0	0	2	8	11	8	6	36
3. Stomach cancer	45	0	0	1	2	6	9	7	3	28	0	0	0	1	4	4	4	4	17
4. Colon and rectal cancers	35	0	0	1	3	4	6	5	3	20	0	0	0	1	3	4	3	3	15
5. Liver cancer	27	0	0	1	2	4	5	3	1	17	0	0	2	1	3	2	2	1	11
6. Pancreas cancer	13	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	1	7	—	—	0	0	1	1	1	1	5
7. Trachea, bronchus, and lung cancers	129	0	0	1	5	26	38	28	9	106	0	0	0	2	7	7	6	2	23
8. Melanoma and other skin cancers	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9. Breast cancer	76	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	23	20	13	9	76
10. Cervix uteri cancer	83	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	6	5	26	26	14	7	83
11. Corpus uteri cancer	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	4
12. Ovarian cancer	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	1	2	5	6	5	3	21
13. Prostate cancer	21	0	0	0	0	1	6	9	5	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
14. Bladder cancer	30	0	0	0	0	1	5	6	4	16	1	0	0	2	2	3	3	3	14
15. Lymphomas and multiple myeloma	82	1	2	3	4	4	7	5	3	29	2	3	4	5	9	12	11	7	53
16. Leukemia	38	2	3	6	3	2	3	2	1	22	3	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	16
Other malignant neoplasms	99	3	2	2	5	13	20	16	10	71	1	1	0	2	5	6	6	7	28
B. Other neoplasms	18	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	9	0	0	1	2	2

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

Table 3B.6: Deaths by Cause, Sex, and Age in the South Asia Region, 2001 (thousands)