NUMBER OF DEATHS BY CAUSE/GROUPS*
            ANALYSIS BY CAUSE 2002 2001 2000
   
ALL CAUSES 938 992 970
   
I. CERTAIN INFECTIONS & PARASITIC DISEASE 37 31 26
Certain Vector-borne diseases & rabies (A20, A44, A75-A79, A82-A84, A90-A98,    
B50-B54) 0 1 0
Certain zoonotic  bacterial disease (A20-A28) 1 3 0
Helminthiases (B65-B83) 3 1 0
 HIV disease (AIDS) (B20-B24) 9 9 1
Intestinal infectious diseases (A00-A09) 0 2 3
Other infectious diseases (B99) 0 0 2
Other viral diseases (B25-B34) 0 0 1
Septicemia, except neonatal (A40-A41 24 14 17
Tuberculosis (A15-A19) 0 1 1
Viral hepatitis (B15-B19) 0 0 1
   
II. NEOPLASMS 170 158 173
Benign neoplasms (D10-D36) 0 1 2
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 170 157 171
   
III. Diseases of the Blood-forming Organs and Certain Disorders involving    
 the immune mechanism 5 15 7
All other diseases of the blood, blood-forming organs & immune mechanism (rest of D00-D89 1 5 2
Nutrition deficiences & nutritional anaemias (D50-D53, E40-E64) 0 1 0
Other anaemias (except nutritional) (D55-D64) 4 9 5
   
IV. ENDOCRINE,  NUTRITIONAL& METABOLIC DISEASES 117 147 113
All other endocrine, nutritional & metabolic diseases (Rest of E00-E90) 10 12 8
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 104 131 104
Nutritional deficiences & nutritional anaemias (D50-D53, E40-E64) 3 4 1
   
v. Mental & Behavioural Disorders 0 3 5
Mental & Behavioural disorders (F00-F99) 0 3 5
   
VI Diseases of the Nervous System 11 22 13
Meningitis (A39, A87, G00-G003) 2 4 1
Encephalitis (G04, G05) 0 2 0
Epilepsy & status epilepticus (G40, G41) 3 6 5
Hemiplegia, paraplegia, tetraplegia & other paralytic syndromes (G81-G83) 0 0 3
Infantile cerebral palsy (G80) 2 2 0
Other diseases of the nervous system (Rest of G00-G99) 4 5 4
Parkinson's disease (G20) 0 3 0
   
VII Diseases of the Eye & Adnexa 0 0 0
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NUMBER OF DEATHS BY CAUSE/GROUPS    
   
VIII Diseases of the Ear & Mastoid Process 0 0 0
   
IX. Diseases of the Circulatory System 296 298 303
Acute rheumatic fever & chronic rheumatic heart diseases (I00-I09) 2 0 2
Arteriosclerosis (I70) 11 1 3
Cardiac arrest (I46) 43 25 51
Cerebral infraction (I63) 0 14 9
Diseases of arteries, arterioles & capillaries, except  arteriosclerosis (I71-I79) 9 9 8
Heart failure (I50) 26 28 27
Hypertensive disease (I10-I15) 29 28 29
Ischaemic heart diseases (I20-I25) 44 45 40
Non-tramatic intracranial hemorrhage (I60-I62) 2 16 20
Other cerebrovascular diseases (I67-I69) 2 6 5
Other diseases of circulatory system (I80-I99) 2 0 2
Other forms of heart disease (I30-I45, I47-I49, I51-I52) 24 19 26
Pulmonary heart disease & diseases of pulmonary circulation (I26-I28) 11 11 14
Stroke, not specified as hemorrhage of infraction (I64) 91 95 67
All other diseases of the respiratory system (Rest of J00-J99) 0 1 0
   
X. Diseases of Respiratory System 61 73 55
Actue respiratory infections (J00-J22) 29 35 18
All other diseases of the respiratory system (Rest of J00-J99) 8 11 8
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 24 27 29
   
XI. Diseases of the Digestive System 30 28 35
All other diseases of the digestive system (Rest of K00-K93) 16 13 19
Appendicitis (K35-K37) 0 1 1
Chronic liver disease & cirrhosis (K70, K73, K74) 14 12 12
Intestinal obstruction & hermia (K40-K46, K56) 0 2 3
   
XII. Diseases of the Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue 0 5 8
Diseases of the skin & subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99) 0 5 8
   
XIII. Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue 0 6 2
Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System & Connective Tissue (M00-M99) 0 6 2
   
XIV. Diseases of the Genitourinary System 17 20 8
Hyperplasia of prostate (N40) 0 1 1
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome & nephrosis (N00-N16) 1 4 2
Other diseases of the urinary system (N20-N39) 0 3 1
Renal failure (N17-N19) 16 12 4
   
XV. Pregnancy, Childbirth & the Puerperium 1 1 3
Maternal deaths (O00-O99) 1 1 3
   
XVI. Certain conditions originating in the Perinatal Period 36 39 33
Bacterial sepsis of newborn (P36) 1 0 2
Birth trauma (P10-P15) 1 1 0
Fetus & newborn affected by certain maternal conditions (P00, P04) 3 2 0
Fetus & newborn affected by obstetric complications (P01- P03) 0 6 1
Other conditions originating in perinatal period (Rest of P00-P96) 2 2 2
Respiratory disorders specific to the perinatal period (P20-P28) 15 15 16
Slow fetal growth, fetal malnutrition, short gestation & low birthweight (P05, P07) 14 13 12
   
XVII. Congenital Malformation, Deformation & Chromosomal Abnormalities 4 5 14
Congenital anomalies (Q00-Q99) 4 5 14
   
XVIII. Symptoms, Signs & Abnormal Clinical & Laboratory findings, N.E.C. 49 58 66
Symptoms, signs & ill-defined conditions (R00-R99) 49 58 66
   
VIX. Injury Poisoning & Certain Other Consequences of External Causes 0 0 0
   
XX. External Causes of Morbidity & Mortality 104 83 106
Accidental drowning & Submersion (W65-W74) 4 6 15
Accidental threats to breathing (W75-W84) 2 0 1
All other accidents (W20-W31, W35-W64, W88-W99, X10-X39, X50-X59, Y40-Y84) 11 10 9
Assault (homicide) (X85-Y09) 38 28 29
Exposure to electric current (W85-W87) 0 2 0
Exposure to smoke, fire & flames (X00-X09) 3 6 1
Falls (W00-W19) 1 1 0
Intentional self-harm (suicide) (X60-X84) 12 7 18
Land transport accidents (V01-V89) 33 22 31
Other external causes (Y35-Y36, Y85-Y89) 0 0 2
Other transport accidents (V90-V99) 0 1 0
   
XXI. Factors Influencing Health Status & Contact with Health Services 0 0 0
  Factors Influencing Health Status & Contact with Health Services 0 0 0
SOURCE:  MINISTRY OF HEALTH  & REGISTRAR OF CIVIL STATUS
* NB: Causes of death for 1996 and 1997 were coded according to the International Classification of Diseases,
10th revision (ICD 10). For previous years the ICD 9th revision was used.