Table 2 The top twenty specific causes of death by sex from 2009 to 2017, Arba Minch HDSS
From: Causes and trends of adult mortality in southern Ethiopia: an eight-year follow up database study
S.no. | Disease | Frequency (n = 780) | Total (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Male (%) | Female (%) | |||
1 | Tuberculosis | 64 (48.9) | 67 (51.1) | 131 (16.8) |
2 | Malaria | 47 (61.8) | 29 (38.2) | 76 (9.7) |
3 | Intestinal infectious diseases* | 44 (58.7) | 31 (41.3) | 75 (9.6) |
4 | Chronic liver diseases | 35 (79.5) | 9 (20.5) | 44 (5.6) |
5 | HIV/AIDS | 20 (48.8) | 21 (51.2) | 41 (5.3) |
6 | Acute lower respiratory infections** | 11 (45.8) | 13 (54.2) | 24 (3.1) |
7 | Intentional self-harm | 18 (75) | 6 (25) | 24 (3.1) |
8 | Epilepsy | 15 (71.4) | 6 (28.6) | 21 (2.7) |
9 | Accidental fall | 14 (66.7) | 7 (33.3) | 21 (2.7) |
10 | Assault | 14 (70) | 6 (30) | 20 (2.6) |
11 | Congestive heart failure | 5 (27.8) | 13 (72.2) | 18 (2.3) |
12 | Gastric and duodenal ulcer | 8 (50) | 8 (50) | 16 (2.1) |
13 | Severe malnutrition | 10 (66.7) | 5 (33.3) | 15 (1.9) |
14 | Hypertensive diseases | 9 (64.3) | 5 (35.7) | 14 (1.8) |
15 | Cardio vascular diseases | 6 (42.9) | 8 (57.1) | 14 (1.8) |
16 | Renal failure | 8 (57.1) | 6 (42.9) | 14 (1.8) |
17 | Other transport accident | 8 (72.7) | 3 (27.3) | 11 (1.4) |
18 | Neoplasm of uncertain behavior, unspecified | 5 (50) | 5 (50) | 10 (1.3) |
19 | Other diseases of the intestine | 4 (40) | 6 (60) | 10 (1.3) |
20 | Typhoid and paratyphoid | 3 (33.3) | 6 (66.7) | 9 (1.2) |