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Table 5 Leading causes of death, all ages, Vietnam, 2006-07

From: Mortality patterns in Vietnam, 2006: Findings from a national verbal autopsy survey

Males

Females

 

Cause

N

%

 

Cause

N

%

1

Cerebrovascular diseases

628

15.4

1

Cerebrovascular diseases

517

19.0

2

Transport accidents

328

8.0

2

Hypertensive diseases

140

5.1

3

Chronic lower respiratory diseases

209

5.1

3

Chronic lower respiratory diseases

127

4.7

4

Liver cancer

179

4.4

4

Pneumonia

102

3.7

5

Lung cancer

166

4.1

5

Transport accidents

86

3.2

6

Hypertensive diseases

156

3.8

6

Liver cancer

75

2.8

7

Tuberculosis

141

3.5

7

Ischaemic heart diseases

74

2.7

8

Diseases of the liver

136

3.3

8

Other heart diseases

72

2.6

9

Ischaemic heart diseases

129

3.2

9

Remainder of diseases of digestive system

71

2.6

10

All other external

125

3.1

10

Remainder of diseases of nervous system

64

2.3

 

Ill-defined

382

9.4

 

Ill-defined

412

15.1

 

All other causes

1499

36.8

 

All other causes

987

36.2

 

Total

4078

  

Total

2727

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