TABLE 16 LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH 1961, 1977 AND 1987 (Ranking According to 1987 Data)
Number of Deaths
Cause of Death
Percentage of Deaths from all causes
Rate per 100 000 population
1961
1977
1987
1961
1977
1987
1961
1977
1987
All ages
All causes
18 738
23 459
26 959
100.0
100.0
100.0
591.5
511.8 480.3
1.
Malignant neoplasms
2 280
5 652
8 258
12.2
24.1
30.6
72.0
123.3
147.1
2.
Heart diseases, including
1 866
4 135
4 515
9.9
17.6
16.8
58.9
90,2 80.4
hypertensive heart disease
3.
Cerebrovascular disease
1 401
2 422
3 136
7.5
10.3
11.6
44.2
52.8
55.9
4.
Pneumonia, all forms
2 665
2 312
1 681
14.2
9.9
6.2
84.1
50.4
29.9
5. Injury and poisoning
1 100
1 767
1 584
5.9
7.5
5.9
34.7
38.5 28.2
All other causes
9 426
7 171
7 785
50.3
30.6
23.9
297,6
156,4
138.7
All causes
4.098
1 093
525
100.0
100.0
Congenital anomalies
157
328
218
3.8
30.0
2.
Hypoxia, birth asphyxia & other
142
148
125
3.4
13.5
100.0
41.5
23.8
3 840.7
147.1
133.1
1 378.1
715.1
413.6
296.4
186.6
169.9
respiratory conditions
3.
Haemolytic disease of fetus or
newborn, perinatal jaundice & other causes of perinatal morbidity
204
92
69
5.0
8.4
13.2
191.2
116.0
93.8
4.
Immaturity
1 142
193
42
27.9
17.7
8.0
1 070.3
243.3
57.1
5.
Pneumonia, all forms
1 166
114
18
28.5
10.4
3.4
1 092.8
143.7
24.5
All other causes
1 287
218
53
31.4
20.0
10.1
1 206.2
274.9
73.4
0 years
TABLE 16 (Cont'd)
Number of Deaths
Percentage of Deaths from all causes
Rate per 100 000 population
Cause of Death
1961
1977
1987
1961
1977
1987
1961
1977
1987
1-4 yearS
All causes
1 805
249
122
100.0
100.0
100.0
427,5
78.1
36.7
1.
Injury and poisoning
107
73
28
5.9
29.3
22.9
25.3
22.9
8.4
2.
Malignant neoplasms
18
24
25
1.0
9.6
20.5
4.3
7.5
7.5
3.
Congenital anomalies
14
38
18
0.8
15.3
14.8
3.3
11.9
5.4
Diseases of nervous system
18
14
15
1.0
5.6
12.3
4.3
4.4
4.5
5.
Pneumonia, all forms
603
53
12
33.4
21.3
9.8
142.8
16.6
3.6
All other causes
1 045
47
24
57.9
18.9
19.7
247.5
14.7
7.2
5-14 years
All causes
587
297
148
100.0
100.0
100.0
77.7
31.9
17.2
1.
Injury and poisoning
177
111
51
30.2
37.4
34.5
23.4
11.9
5.9
2.
Malignant neoplasms
40
56
35
6.5
16.8
23.6
5,3
6.0
4.1
3.
Diseases of nervous system
29
16
15
5.0
5.4
10.1
3.8
1.7
1.7
4.
Pneumonia, all forms
83
20
14.1
6.7
4.7
11.0
2.1
0.8
5.
Heart disease, including
33
18
5
5.6
6.1
3.4
4.4
1.9
0.6
hypertensive heart disease
All other causes
225
76
35
38.3
25.6
23.7
29.8
8.2
4,1
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