TABLE 15
Causes of Death
LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH 1961, 1971, 1981 (RANKING ACCORDING TO 1981)
Number of Deaths
Rate per 100,000 population
Fercentage of Deaths from all Causes
1961
1971
1981
1961
1971
1981
1961
1971
1981
All causes
18,738
1. Malignant neoplasms
2. Heart diseases including hypertensive heart disease
3. Cerebrovascular disease
20.253 24.978 2,280 4,237 6.586 1.866 2,952 3,829
100.0
100.0
100.0
591.5
500.7
484.6
12.2
20.9
26.4
72.0
104.7
127.8
9.9
14.6
15.3
58.9
73.0
74.3
1,401
1.956
3,252
7.5
9.7
13.0
44.2
48.4
63.1
4. Pneumonia, all forms
2,665 2,263
2,133
14.2
11.2
8.5
84.1
55.9
41.4
5. Injury and poisoning
1,100
1.438
1,943
5.9
7.1
7.8
34.7
35.6
37.7
All other causes
9,426
7,407
7,235
50.3
36.5
29.0
297.6
183.1
140.3
All ages
TABLE 15 (Cont'd)
Number of Deathe
Percentage of Deaths
from all Causee
Causes of Death
Rate per 100,000 population
1961
1971
1981
1961
1971
1981
1961
1971
1981
0 years
All causes
4,098
1,410
846
100.0
1. Hypoxia, birth asphyxia &
142
121
276
3.4
100.0 100.0
8.6 32.6
3,840.7
133.1
1,865.1
994.1
160.1
324.3
other respiratory conditions
2. Congenital anomalies
157
241
221
3.8
17.1
26.1
147.1
318.8
259.7
3. Other causes of perinatal mortality
107
12
83
2.6
0.8
9.8
100.3
15.9
97.5
4. Ismaturity
1,142
367
82
27.9
26.0
9.7
1,070.3
485.4
96.4
5. Pneumonia
1,166
296
67
28.5
21.0
All other causes
1,384
373
117
33.8
26.5
7.9 1,092.8
13.9 1.297.1
391.5
493.4 137.5
78.7
1-4 years
All cause8
1,805
314
177
100.0
1. Injury and poisoning
107
103
55
5.9
100,0 100.0
32.8 31.1
427.5
95.0
53.7
25.3
31.2
16.7
2, Pneumonia, all fores
603
102
31
33.4
32.5
17.5
142.8
30.9
9.4
3. Congenital anomalies
14
17
22
0.8
5.4
12.4
3.3
5.1
6.7
4. Malignant neoplasms
18
23
5. Diseases of nervous system
18
All other causes
1,045
56
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16
1.0
7.3
9.1
4.3
7.0
4.9
13
13
1.0
4.2
7.3
4.3
3.9
3.9
40
57.9
17.8
22.6
247.5
16.9
12.1