Table 4 Possible verbal autopsy based causes of death for the last three and half years of the recall period as compared to the total five years in Meskan and Mareko district, Ethiopia. 1995–1999.
Possible cause | Year of death | |
|---|---|---|
09/01/96-12/31/99 | 01/01/95-12/31/99 | |
Number (%) | Number (%) | |
I. Communicable Diseases | 250 (59.2) | 313 (60.8) |
Acute Febrile illnesses | 102 (24.2) | 130 (25.2) |
Diarrheal diseases | 47 (11.1) | 57 (11.1) |
All forms of tuberculosis | 42 (10.0) | 50 (9.7) |
HIV/ AIDS | 30 (7.1) | 38 (7.4) |
Pneumonia | 22 (5.2) | 28 (5.4) |
Meningitis | 7 (1.7) | 10 (1.9) |
II. Non-communicable Diseases | 95 (25.4) | 124 (25.4) |
Liver diseases | 49 (11.6) | 58 (11.3) |
Cardio-vascular diseases | 29 (6.9) | 32 (6.2) |
Chronic obstructive lung diseases | 23 (5.5) | 27 (5.2) |
Acute abdomen conditions | 6 (1.4) | 7 (1.4) |
III. Maternal causes | 29 (6.9) | 36 (7.0) |
IV. Injuries | 4 (0.9) | 9 (1.7) |
Undetermined | 32 (7.6) | 33 (6.4) |
Total | 422 (100.0) | 515 (100.0) |