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

Table 3C.7: DALYs(3,0) by Cause, Sex, and Age in the Sub-Saharan Africa Region, 2001 (thousands)

DALYs(3,0) 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 344,754 84,575 13,040 23,098 26,058 16,033 7,197 4,076 1,064 175,141 76,795 12,562 29,616 22,752 13,624 7,514 5,165 1,585 169,613
I. Communicable, maternal, perinatal, and nutritional conditions 242,837 74,911 7,172 10,377 16,077 7,005 2,046 752 154 118,494 68,898 8,056 22,639 16,570 5,500 1,586 866 228 124,343
   A. Infectious and parasitic diseases 173,484 46,407 5,827 9,866 15,439 6,331 1,563 495 99 86,027 46,986 6,290 15,133 12,539 4,531 1,219 605 154 87,458
    1. Tuberculosis 8,084 397 241 1,489 1,792 1,038 285 91 18 5,350 358 233 945 715 290 142 45 7 2,734
    2. Sexually transmitted diseases excluding HIV/AIDS 3,842 775 6 238 285 336 38 0 0 1,679 602 21 1,001 359 130 32 17 0 2,163
      a. Syphilis 2,347 560 1 63 235 327 37 0 0 1,223 394 1 355 207 121 30 16 0 1,124
      b. Chlamydia 559 12 1 34 5 0 0 — — 52 12 14 415 60 5 1 — — 507
      c. Gonorrhea 894 191 4 141 40 3 0 — — 379 188 7 227 90 2 0 — — 515
      d. Other sexually transmitted diseases 41 12 0 1 5 6 1 0 0 24 8 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 17
    3. HIV/AIDS 56,820 4,894 1,452 6,047 11,262 2,995 325 29 0 27,005 4,748 1,432 11,064 9,966 2,299 266 41 0 29,815
    4. Diarrheal diseases 22,046 10,797 160 93 127 130 88 71 39 11,506 9,910 160 63 69 100 93 89 56 10,540
    5. Childhood-cluster diseases 23,198 9,709 1,502 213 86 41 11 4 1 11,568 9,702 1,558 220 88 44 13 5 2 11,630
      a. Pertussis 6,116 3,031 15 — — — — — — 3,047 3,054 15 — — — — — — 3,069
      b. Poliomyelitis 17 8 — — — — — — — 8 9 — — — — — — — 9
      c. Diphtheria 45 26 0 0 — — — — — 26 19 0 — — — — — — 19
      d. Measles 13,539 5,354 1,312 85 — — — — — 6,752 5,336 1,363 89 — — — — — 6,787
      e. Tetanus 3,481 1,289 174 128 86 41 11 4 1 1,735 1,284 180 131 88 44 13 5 2 1,746
    6. Meningitis 941 261 85 35 43 32 8 3 0 469 231 150 53 15 17 4 2 0 473
    7. Hepatitis Ba 536 43 95 25 77 41 16 3 0 301 123 22 42 14 26 6 2 0 235
       Hepatitis Ca 217 17 40 10 32 17 7 1 0 124 48 9 16 6 10 3 1 0 93
    8. Malaria 35,447 15,487 287 338 294 220 102 58 15 16,801 17,133 304 409 317 267 121 73 21 18,646
    9. Tropical-cluster diseases 4,897 215 1,019 1,003 594 350 64 26 5 3,277 151 487 422 267 230 39 20 5 1,620
      a. Trypanosomiasis 1,310 66 318 185 146 102 9 3 0 830 37 184 119 77 55 6 2 0 480
      b. Chagas' disease — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
      c. Schistosomiasis 1,184 82 253 175 106 51 22 10 2 701 55 170 129 74 36 10 8 2 483
      d. Leishmaniasis 312 29 85 70 31 5 2 1 0 223 10 36 28 12 2 1 0 0 89
      e. Lymphatic filariasis 1,656 31 343 537 241 108 6 2 0 1,269 42 78 114 54 88 8 2 0 387
      f. Onchocerciasis 436 7 20 36 70 83 25 10 3 255 7 20 32 50 49 15 7 2 181
    10. Leprosy 24 0 2 1 1 9 0 1 — 14 0 2 1 1 1 3 1 0 9
    11. Dengue 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
    12. Japanese encephalitis — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
    13. Trachoma 1,455 0 1 15 84 116 83 48 11 357 1 2 27 236 330 278 175 48 1,097
    14. Intestinal nematode infections 905 80 343 10 5 7 4 2 0 452 79 352 7 4 5 4 1 0 453
      a. Ascariasis 476 45 191 0 0 0 0 0 0 235 44 196 0 0 0 0 0 0 241
      b. Trichuriasis 119 10 45 1 1 1 1 0 0 58 10 49 1 0 1 0 0 0 61
      c. Hookworm disease 309 26 107 8 5 6 4 1 0 158 25 107 6 3 5 3 1 0 151
        Other intestinal infections 1 — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
        Other infectious diseases 15,068 3,731 592 348 756 1,000 530 158 7 7,123 3,900 1,556 864 481 781 215 133 13 7,945
   B. Respiratory infections 31,107 13,774 971 320 533 590 399 212 46 16,846 9,948 1,349 1,108 720 550 294 222 69 14,261
    1. Lower respiratory infections 30,455 13,619 845 310 514 586 389 208 46 16,517 9,841 1,159 1,094 716 549 289 221 69 13,938
    2. Upper respiratory infections 371 105 31 8 11 4 11 4 0 173 60 117 9 4 1 5 2 0 198
    3. Otitis media 281 50 96 3 7 — 0 — — 156 46 74 5 0 — — — — 125
   C. Maternal conditions 9,743 — — — — — — — — — — 69 6,169 3,156 350 — — — 9,743
    1. Maternal hemorrhage 1,643 — — — — — — — — — — — 797 734 112 — — — 1,643
    2. Maternal sepsis 1,843 — — — — — — — — — — — 1,131 632 80 — — — 1,843
    3. Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy 842 — — — — — — — — — — 0 530 280 32 — — — 842
    4. Obstructed labor 919 — — — — — — — — — — — 655 253 11 — — — 919
    5. Abortion 1,557 — — — — — — — — — — 69 1,281 207 0 — — — 1,557
      Other maternal conditions 2,940 — — — — — — — — — — 0 1,774 1,051 114 — — — 2,940
   D. Perinatal conditionsb 20,047 11,351 — — — — — — — 11,351 8,696 — — — — — — — 8,696
    1. Low birthweight 7,891 4,501 — — — — — — — 4,501 3,391 — — — — — — — 3,391
    2. Birth asphyxia and birth trauma 9,256 5,195 — — — — — — — 5,195 4,062 — — — — — — — 4,062
      Other perinatal conditions 2,899 1,655 — — — — — — — 1,655 1,244 — — — — — — — 1,244
   E. Nutritional deficiencies 8,455 3,378 373 191 105 84 84 46 9 4,271 3,269 347 229 154 70 72 38 5 4,184
    1. Protein-energy malnutrition 5,220 2,496 53 8 11 46 62 38 8 2,722 2,322 40 18 13 19 54 28 4 2,498
    2. Iodine deficiency 951 383 100 0 1 1 1 0 0 487 365 95 1 0 1 0 0 0 464
    3. Vitamin A deficiency 548 206 20 2 5 9 5 1 0 249 238 37 8 4 8 3 1 0 299
    4. Iron-deficiency anemia 1,688 273 199 180 88 27 16 6 1 789 323 173 200 137 41 15 8 1 899
      Other nutritional disorders 49 20 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 24 20 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 25
II. Noncommunicable diseases 73,069 7,276 1,930 5,350 5,335 7,218 4,673 3,166 880 35,829 6,272 2,049 5,159 5,064 7,469 5,708 4,191 1,327 37,240
   A. Malignant neoplasms 6,281 53 87 174 377 972 780 524 125 3,092 55 90 158 450 1,081 740 504 110 3,189
    1. Mouth and oropharynx cancers 284 0 2 8 24 73 54 27 5 193 1 1 2 10 30 23 20 4 91
    2. Esophageal cancer 343 0 0 2 21 90 62 31 6 212 0 0 2 12 48 38 26 6 131
    3. Stomach cancer 487 1 2 8 32 102 63 41 10 258 0 2 7 29 82 59 39 11 229
    4. Colon and rectal cancers 291 0 1 9 29 48 35 27 8 158 0 1 4 24 45 30 22 7 133
    5. Liver cancer 762 3 3 29 107 204 112 47 7 512 3 2 22 51 77 49 39 7 250
    6. Pancreas cancer 117 0 0 0 5 23 15 7 2 52 0 0 1 8 26 17 10 2 64
    7. Trachea, bronchus, and lung cancers 225 0 0 1 13 72 52 19 3 162 0 1 1 7 22 18 11 2 63
    8. Melanoma and other skin cancers 118 0 0 3 6 19 15 7 2 53 0 0 2 7 15 19 18 3 64
    9. Breast cancer 574 — — — 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 104 229 133 81 18 574
    10. Cervix uteri cancer 627 — — — — — — — — — 0 0 41 64 247 162 98 14 627
    11. Corpus uteri cancer 41 — — — — — — — — — 0 0 1 6 12 10 10 2 41
    12. Ovarian cancer 152 — — — — — — — — — 0 3 10 26 55 34 20 4 152
    13. Prostate cancer 416 0 0 1 2 53 146 170 44 416 — — — — — — — — —
    14. Bladder cancer 133 0 0 1 5 25 26 23 7 88 0 0 1 5 13 15 9 3 45
    15. Lymphomas and multiple myeloma 622 17 51 61 69 85 58 36 9 386 17 48 29 31 39 34 30 7 236
    16. Leukemia 245 7 12 32 16 28 16 14 3 128 7 12 17 13 35 19 12 3 118
      Other malignant neoplasms 844 24 15 19 48 149 124 73 19 472 26 18 11 54 107 79 59 18 372
   B. Other neoplasms 188 16 13 16