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

Deaths by Cause, Sex, and Age in the Sub-Saharan Africa 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)	668	57	92	93	49	26	9	4	1	331	56	91	93	51	28	11	5	1	336
All causes	10,837	2,367	281	529	852	632	412	366	170	5,611	2,137	289	698	678	466	350	384	225	5,227
I. Communicable, maternal, perinatal, and nutritional conditions	7,747	2,252	179	289	603	331	135	73	26	3,888	2,046	221	616	573	231	79	62	31	3,859
A. Infectious and parasitic diseases	5,702	1,428	150	277	580	297	100	45	16	2,893	1,436	176	449	447	188	57	37	18	2,809
1. Tuberculosis	317	12	7	49	68	51	19	9	3	218	11	6	30	26	13	9	4	1	99
2. Sexually transmitted diseases excluding HIV/AIDS	90	17	0	1	10	17	3	0	0	48	12	0	12	8	6	2	1	0	42
a. Syphilis	87	17	0	1	9	17	3	0	0	47	11	0	12	8	6	2	1	0	40
b. Chlamydia	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	—	—	1
c. Gonorrhea	1	—	—	0	0	0	0	—	—	0	—	—	0	0	0	0	—	—	0
d. Other sexually transmitted diseases	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
3. HIV/AIDS	2,058	159	48	185	440	148	23	3	0	1,007	154	47	349	374	108	17	4	0	1,051
4. Diarrheal diseases	712	337	1	2	4	6	6	8	8	373	306	1	1	2	4	6	8	11	339
5. Childhood-cluster diseases	745	308	50	8	4	2	1	0	0	373	305	52	8	4	2	1	0	0	372
a. Pertussis	176	88	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	88	88	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	88
b. Poliomyelitis	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
c. Diphtheria	1	1	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
d. Measles	447	177	44	3	—	—	—	—	—	224	175	45	3	—	—	—	—	—	223
e. Tetanus	121	43	6	5	4	2	1	0	0	60	42	6	5	4	2	1	0	0	60
6. Meningitis	23	5	2	1	2	2	1	0	0	12	4	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	11
7. Hepatitis B^a	21	1	3	1	3	2	1	0	0	12	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	9
Hepatitis C^a	8	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3
8. Malaria	1,093	467	7	9	10	10	7	6	3	518	518	7	11	11	12	7	6	4	575
9. Tropical-cluster diseases	58	3	12	8	7	5	1	1	0	38	1	7	5	3	3	0	0	0	20
a. Trypanosomiasis	48	2	11	6	6	5	1	0	0	31	1	6	4	3	2	0	0	—	17
b. Chagas' disease	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
c. Schistosomiasis	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
d. Leishmaniasis	8	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	—	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	—	2
e. Lymphatic filariasis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
f. Onchocerciasis	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
10. Leprosy	1	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0
11. Dengue	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12. Japanese encephalitis	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
13. Trachoma	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
14. Intestinal nematode infections	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
a. Ascariasis	1	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
b. Trichuriasis	1	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
c. Hookworm disease	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Other intestinal infections	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other infectious diseases	572	117	18	12	31	52	38	17	1	287	121	51	29	18	38	14	12	2	285
B. Respiratory infections	1,094	439	26	12	22	31	29	23	9	590	318	40	39	29	26	19	21	12	504
1. Lower respiratory infections	1,080	435	24	11	21	31	28	23	9	583	317	36	39	28	26	19	21	12	497
2. Upper respiratory infections	13	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
3. Otitis media	1	0	1	0	0	—	0	—	—	1	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	0
C. Maternal conditions	237	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	126	97	14	—	—	—	237
1. Maternal hemorrhage	60	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	26	28	5	—	—	—	60
2. Maternal sepsis	44	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	20	20	4	—	—	—	44
3. Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy	32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	19	11	1	—	—	—	32
4. Obstructed labor	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	14	7	0	—	—	—	22
5. Abortion	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	22	7	—	—	—	—	28
Other maternal conditions	52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	24	24	4	—	—	—	52
D. Perinatal conditions^b	573	332	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	332	241	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	241
1. Low birthweight	243	141	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	141	102	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	102
2. Birth asphyxia and birth trauma	240	139	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	139	101	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	101
Other perinatal conditions	90	52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	52	38	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	38
E. Nutritional deficiencies	140	53	3	0	1	4	5	4	2	73	50	5	1	1	2	4	3	1	67
1. Protein-energy malnutrition	99	40	2	0	0	2	4	4	2	55	34	1	1	1	1	4	3	1	45
2. Iodine deficiency	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
3. Vitamin A deficiency	18	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
4. Iron-deficiency anemia	18	5	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	8	7	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	11
Other nutritional disorders	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
II. Noncommunicable diseases	2,283	65	18	45	102	225	249	279	140	1,122	54	18	43	72	211	259	314	190	1,161
A. Malignant neoplasms	409	2	3	6	16	51	57	57	23	214	2	3	5	18	53	48	47	19	194
1. Mouth and oropharynx cancers	19	0	0	0	1	4	4	3	1	13	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	6
2. Esophageal cancer	24	0	0	0	1	5	5	3	1	15	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	1	9
3. Stomach cancer	33	0	0	0	1	5	5	4	2	18	0	0	0	1	4	4	4	2	15
4. Colon and rectal cancers	20	0	0	0	1	3	3	3	1	11	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	1	9
5. Liver cancer	46	0	0	1	4	11	8	5	1	31	0	0	1	2	4	3	4	1	15
6. Pancreas cancer	8	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	4
7. Trachea, bronchus, and lung cancers	15	0	0	0	1	4	4	2	1	11	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	4
8. Melanoma and other skin cancers	8	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	5
9. Breast cancer	34	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	11	9	7	3	34
10. Cervix uteri cancer	38	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	1	2	12	10	9	2	38
11. Corpus uteri cancer	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	3
12. Ovarian cancer	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	1	3	2	2	1	9
13. Prostate cancer	40	0	0	0	0	3	11	18	8	40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
14. Bladder cancer	10	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	7	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	3
15. Lymphomas and multiple myeloma	34	1	2	2	3	4	4	4	2	21	1	2	1	1	2	2	3	1	13
16. Leukemia	14	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	7	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	6
Other malignant neoplasms	55	1	1	1	2	8	9	8	4	32	1	1	0	2	5	5	6	3	23
B. Other neoplasms	10	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	5	0	1	0	0	1	1

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

Table 3B.7: Deaths by Cause, Sex, and Age in the Sub-Saharan Africa Region, 2001 (thousands)