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6. Incorporating Deaths Near the Time of Birth into Estimates of the Global Burden of Disease

Table 6B.1: Deaths (Excluding Stillbirths) from Selected Causes, by Age, 2001 (thousands)

Deaths (Excluding Stillbirths) from Selected Causes, by Age, 2001 (thousands)
	Low- and middle-income countries			High-income countries			World
	Deaths			Deaths			Deaths
Cause	0-4	5+	Total	0-4	5+	Total	0-4	5+	Total
Total deaths	10,533	37,843	48,377	73	7,819	7,891	10,606	45,662	56,268
I. Communicable, maternal, perinatal, and nutritional conditions	9,396	8,226	17,622	37	515	552	9,433	8,741	18,174
A. Infectious and parasitic diseases	4,768	5,923	10,692	3	149	152	4,771	6,072	10,843
1. Tuberculosis	40	1,550	1,590		16	16	40	1,566	1,606
2. Sexually transmitted diseases excluding HIV/AIDS	68	108	176		1	1	68	109	177
3. HIV/AIDS	340	2,214	2,554		22	22	340	2,236	2,576
4. Diarrheal diseases	1,599	179	1,778		5	6	1,600	184	1,784
5. Childhood-cluster diseases	1,048	313	1,363		1	2	1,049	315	1,364
a. Pertussis	301		301				301		301
b. Poliomyelitis					1	1		1	1
c. Diphtheria	5	1	6				5	1	6
d. Measles	557	206	763		1	1	557	206	763
e. Tetanus	187	106	293				187	107	293
6. Meningitis	64	105	169	1	3	4	65	108	173
8. Malaria	1,087	58	1,208				1,087	121	1,208
Other I.A. (7, 9-15)^a	518		1,854	2	100	101	522	1,434	1,955
B. Respiratory infections	1,943	1,539	3,483	2	347	349	1,945	1,886	3,831
C. Maternal conditions		507	507		1	1		508	508
D. Perinatal conditions	2,490		2,490	32		32	2,522		2,523
1. Low birthweight	1,291		1,291	10		10	1,301		1,301
2. Birth asphyxia and birth trauma	728		728	11		11	739		739
3. Other perinatal conditions	471		471	12		12	482		482
E. Nutritional deficiencies	194	257	451		18	18	194	274	469
II. Noncommunicable diseases	835	25,202	26,037	28	6,840	6,868	864	32,042	32,905
A. Malignant neoplasms	37	4,921	4,957	2	2,065	2,066	38	6,986	7,024
C. Diabetes mellitus	3	755	758		202	202	3	958	961
E. Neuropsychiatric disorders	43	605	701	2	376	378	46	1,034	1,079
1. Unipolar depressive disorders		10	10		3	3		13	13
2. Bipolar affective disorder								1	1
3. Schizophrenia		21	21		2	2		23	23
Other II.E. (4-16)^b			670	2	371	373	45	997	1,043
G. Cardiovascular diseases	82	13,279	13,362	2	3,037	3,039	84	16,316	16,401
3. Ischemic heart disease	6	5,696	5,702		1,364	1,364	6	7,060	7,066
4. Cerebrovascular disease	12	4,598	4,611		781	781	13	5,379	5,392
Other II.G. (1, 2, 5, 6)^c	64		3,049	2	892	894	66	3,877	3,943
H. Respiratory diseases	63	3,063	3,127	1	476	477	64	3,540	3,604
I. Digestive diseases	115	1,487	1,602	1	334	335	116	1,821	1,936
M. Congenital anomalies	421	56	477	18	12	30	439	68	507
Other II. (B, D, F, J, K, L, N)^d	71		1,053	2	338	340	73	1,320	1,393
III. Injuries	302	4,415	4,717	7	464	471	310	4,879	5,188
A. Unintentional	289	2,926	3,216	6	315	321	295	3,241	3,536
1. Road traffic accidents	49	1,020	1,070	2	119	121	51	1,139	1,190
Other III.A. (2-6)^e	240		2,146	4	196	200	244	2,102	2,346
B. Intentional	13	1,488	1,501	1	149	151	14	1,638	1,652
1. Self-inflicted		749	749		126	126		875	875
Other III.B. (2-4)^f	13		753	1	24	25	14	763	777

Source: Chapter 3 of this volume.

Note: A blank cell indicates that fewer than 1,000 deaths are attributable to the specific cause.

a. Hepatitis, tropical-cluster diseases, leprosy, dengue, Japanese encephalitis, trachoma, intestinal nematode infections, and other infectious diseases.

b. Epilepsy, alcohol use disorders, Alzheimer's and other dementias, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, drug use disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, insomnia (primary), migraine, mental retardation attributable to lead exposure, and other neuropsychiatric disorders.

c. Rheumatic heart disease, hypertensive heart disease, inflammatory heart diseases, and other cardiovascular diseases.

d. Other neoplasms, endocrine disorders, sense organ diseases, genitourinary diseases, skin diseases, musculoskeletal diseases, and oral conditions.

e. Poisonings, falls, fires, drownings, and other unintentional injuries.

f. Violence, war, and other intentional injuries.

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