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

Table 3B.9: Deaths by Cause, Sex, and Age in the World, 2001 (thousands)

Deaths by Cause, Sex, and Age in the World, 2001 (thousands)
Male Female
Cause Total 0-4 5-14 15-29 30-44 45-59 60-69 70-79 80+ Totala 0-4 5-14 15-29 30-44 45-59 60-69 70-79 80+ Total
Population (millions) 6,148 317 623 808 653 415 164 88 25 3,093 301 589 774 635 415 180 115 47 3,055
All causes 56,242 5,448 744 1,925 2,978 4,518 4,767 5,546 3,630 29,555 5,155 750 1,610 1,928 2,802 3,358 5,242 5,843 26,687
I. Communicable, maternal, perinatal, and nutritional conditions 18,166 4,858 376 588 1,166 877 555 529 386 9,335 4,571 454 952 966 523 373 455 535 8,830
   A. Infectious and parasitic diseases 10,838 2,362 296 541 1,099 750 360 267 129 5,805 2,407 350 630 672 406 213 207 147 5,033
    1. Tuberculosis 1,606 22 16 138 257 282 186 118 34 1,053 18 17 106 135 117 80 58 22 552
    2. Sexually transmitted diseases excluding HIV/AIDS 177 31 0 2 11 26 10 6 3 89 37 0 13 10 14 7 4 1 88
      a. Syphilis 155 30 0 1 10 23 10 6 3 83 37 0 12 8 6 4 4 1 72
      b. Chlamydia 9 — — — — — — — — — — — 0 1 6 1 0 0 9
      c. Gonorrhea 1 — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
      d. Other sexually transmitted diseases 12 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 6
    3. HIV/AIDS 2,574 173 52 260 649 226 30 4 0 1,394 166 51 385 426 129 20 4 0 1,180
    4. Diarrheal diseases 1,783 837 3 6 12 15 15 20 24 932 763 3 3 5 10 14 21 33 851
    5. Childhood-cluster diseases 1,363 524 110 24 11 6 3 1 1 680 525 112 24 11 6 3 2 1 684
      a. Pertussis 301 150 0 — — — 0 — — 150 151 0 0 — 0 0 — — 151
      b. Poliomyelitis b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      c. Diphtheria 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
      d. Measles 763 277 91 11 0 0 0 0 — 379 279 93 11 0 0 0 — 0 383
      e. Tetanus 293 94 18 13 11 6 3 1 1 147 93 18 13 11 6 3 1 1 146
    6. Meningitis 173 30 14 12 10 10 5 6 3 89 35 18 9 6 5 4 4 2 84
    7. Hepatitis Bc 100 3 4 8 17 23 8 5 2 69 5 2 5 4 6 3 3 2 31
       Hepatitis Cc 51 1 1 3 7 12 5 3 1 33 2 1 2 2 3 3 3 2 17
    8. Malaria 1,208 521 7 10 11 11 7 7 4 579 566 8 12 12 13 8 7 4 629
    9. Tropical-cluster diseases 128 4 21 15 13 13 7 4 1 78 4 15 10 6 7 4 3 2 50
      a. Trypanosomiasis 48 2 11 6 6 5 1 0 0 31 1 6 4 3 3 0 0 — 17
      b. Chagas' disease 14 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 8 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 7
      c. Schistosomiasis 14 0 0 0 1 3 3 2 0 9 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 5
      d. Leishmaniasis 51 2 10 8 5 3 1 1 0 30 3 9 5 2 1 1 0 0 21
      e. Lymphatic filariasis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      f. Onchocerciasis 0 0 — — — — — — — 0 — — 0 — — 0 — — 0
    10. Leprosy 6 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
    11. Dengue 19 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 10
    12. Japanese encephalitis 14 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 7 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 7
    13. Trachoma 0 0 0 0 — 0 — 0 — 0 — — — — — — — — —
    14. Intestinal nematode infections 12 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
      a. Ascariasis 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
      b. Trichuriasis 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
      c. Hookworm disease 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
        Other intestinal infections 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
        Other infectious diseases 1,624 211 59 63 99 122 82 91 54 783 277 115 59 54 94 67 98 77 841
   B. Respiratory infections 3,830 1,004 58 37 56 101 182 244 240 1,923 940 79 57 46 61 138 226 359 1,906
    1. Lower respiratory infections 3,753 990 55 35 54 97 177 239 236 1,884 925 74 56 45 60 135 223 351 1,869
    2. Upper respiratory infections 73 14 2 2 2 4 5 5 4 37 15 5 1 1 1 3 3 8 36
    3. Otitis media 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
   C. Maternal conditions 508 — — — — — — — — — 0 0 257 233 18 0 0 0 508
    1. Maternal hemorrhage 141 — — — — — — — — — 0 0 63 72 7 — — — 141
    2. Maternal sepsis 75 — — — — — — — — — — 0 37 35 4 — — — 75
    3. Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy 71 — — — — — — — — — — 0 41 28 2 — — 0 71
    4. Obstructed labor 43 — — — — — — — — — — — 26 17 0 — — — 43
    5. Abortion 66 — — — — — — — — — — 0 44 22 0 — — — 66
      Other maternal conditions 111 — — — — — — — — — — 0 47 60 5 0 0 0 111
   D. Perinatal conditionsd 2,522 1,399 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 1,399 1,122 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,123
    1. Low birthweight 1,301 709 0 — 0 — 0 — — 709 591 0 — — — — — — 591
    2. Birth asphyxia and birth trauma 739 432 0 0 0 0 — — — 432 307 0 0 — 0 — 0 0 307
      Other perinatal conditions 482 258 0 0 0 0 — 0 — 258 225 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 225
   E. Nutritional deficiencies 468 93 22 10 11 26 13 18 16 208 101 25 8 16 37 22 21 29 261
    1. Protein-energy malnutrition 250 70 15 4 3 7 8 9 9 125 69 17 2 3 5 7 8 14 125
    2. Iodine deficiency 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
    3. Vitamin A deficiency 23 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
    4. Iron-deficiency anemia 133 9 3 4 6 15 2 3 3 46 11 5 5 13 30 12 5 7 88
      Other nutritional disorders 56 5 1 1 1 3 3 6 4 24 9 1 0 0 2 3 9 7 33
II. Noncommunicable diseases 32,891 431 121 363 939 3,005 3,927 4,817 3,134 16,737 432 128 299 653 2,008 2,834 4,630 5,169 16,153
   A. Malignant neoplasms 7,021 19 27 75 217 851 1,118 1,102 508 3,917 19 23 59 228 660 709 825 580 3,104
    1. Mouth and oropharynx cancers 312 0 0 4 17 64 71 44 16 217 0 0 1 5 22 24 24 18 95
    2. Esophageal cancer 438 0 0 1 14 69 97 75 23 280 0 0 1 5 34 44 46 27 158
    3. Stomach cancer 842 0 0 5 27 124 153 147 62 519 0 0 4 23 58 70 96 72 323
    4. Colon and rectal cancers 614 0 0 4 18 57 85 98 55 318 0 0 2 15 45 62 87 85 296
    5. Liver cancer 607 1 1 8 40 136 118 91 26 420 1 1 5 15 40 46 53 26 187
    6. Pancreas cancer 227 0 0 0 5 28 34 35 16 119 0 0 0 4 16 24 35 28 108
    7. Trachea, bronchus, and lung cancers 1,227 0 0 2 29 188 291 275 93 879 0 1 1 15 69 92 114 55 347
    8. Melanoma and other skin cancers 65 0 0 1 3 8 8 9 6 35 0 0 1 3 6 6 8 8 30
    9. Breast cancer 473 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 0 0 2 55 145 104 94 69 470
    10. Cervix uteri cancer 235 — — — — — — — — — 0 0 11 22 73 62 47 20 235
    11. Corpus uteri cancer 71 — — — — — — — — — 0 0 0 4 14 17 21 15 71
    12. Ovarian cancer 132 — — — — — — — — — 0 1 3 11 34 33 33 19 132
    13. Prostate cancer 264 0 0 0 1 12 51 108 91 264 — — — — — — — — —
    14. Bladder cancer 175 0 0 0 2 15 32 45 29 123 1 0 0 3 6 10 16 17 53
    15. Lymphomas and multiple myeloma 331 2 7 12 18 32 37 39 21 167 3 6 8 13 25 33 43 32 164
    16. Leukemia 263 8 12 24 14 21 24 27 15 146 8 10 13 14 18 16 21 18 117
      Other malignant neoplasms 746 8 6 12 29 97 116 107 54 428 6 5 6 22 56 66 85 71 318
   B. Other neoplasms 146 2 2 5 6 13 14 18 13 73 2 2 3