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Table 2 Percentage distribution of causes of death by age at death, region of residence and sex of the child, 1994-99

From: Causes and differentials of childhood mortality in Iraq

 

Age at death (months)

Region

Sex

Total

 

first month

1–11

12–59

North

Middle

Middle Euphrates

South

Male

Female

 

Number of deaths (n)

(2744)

(1600)

(568)

(1029)

(1974)

(937)

(972)

(2645)

(2267)

(4912)

Accident, injuries and Poisoning

0.8

1.9

19.3

1.3

4.1

3.4

3.7

3.4

3.2

3.3

Sudden death

11.9

5.8

2.5

17.8

5.1

7.2

8.6

9.3

8.4

8.9

Congenital malformation

10.3

2.0

1.7

3.9

6.1

9.2

7.8

5.6

7.7

6.6

Illness

          

   Diarrhea

5.7

49.8

43.4

26.3

23.3

24.5

24.8

23.6

25.4

24.4

   Vomiting

4.5

5.0

5.6

5.7

5.7

3.7

3.0

5.1

4.4

4.8

   Cough/difficult breathing

42.3

26.6

14.8

29.1

36.7

35.1

32.7

33.2

35.0

34.0

   Fever

2.8

5.1

5.9

3.9

4.2

3.0

4.2

4.3

3.4

3.9

   Rash

0.2

0.9

0.5

0.1

0.9

0.3

0.1

0.4

0.5

0.5

   Convulsion

1.3

0.5

1.3

2.2

0.8

0.4

0.9

1.1

1.0

1.1

   Other illness

          

Endocrine nutrition/metabolism,

0.9

0.8

1.3

2.4

0.6

0.6

0.1

1.0

0.8

0.9

Infectious & parasitic diseases

0.2

0.0

0.5

0.1

0.3

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.3

0.2

Oncology, Hematology/

1.4

0.4

0.7

0.9

0.8

0.9

1.8

1.3

0.8

1.0

Central nervous, Digestive, Jaundice, Uro-genital diseases

1.9

0.2

0.2

0.3

0.7

2.2

1.8

1.4

0.8

1.1

Disorders of pregnancy, difficult labor & perinatal conditions

3.6

0.2

0.0

2.0

1.7

3.3

1.8

2.9

1.1

2.1

Prematurity,

10.2

0.2

0.2

2.8

7.6

5.2

5.8

6.0

5.5

5.8

Unknown

2.0

0.8

2.1

1.3

1.5

1.0

2.7

1.4

1.8

1.6