Table 1.8

 

Mortality, Leading Causes, Number & Rate

5-Year Average

Region 10

(Per One Hundred Thousand Population) 

1994-1998 & 1999

 

Causes

5 Year Average

1999

(1994-1998)

Number

Rate

Number

Rate

 

 

 

 

 

1

Diseases of the Circulatory System

2,210

77.5

3,009

107.2

2

Pneumonia

1,432

50.2

1,331

47.4

3

Malignancy

622

21.8

892

31.8

4

Accident/Violence

987

34.6

881

31.4

5

Tuberculosis

717

25.2

677

24.1

6

Malnutrition

49

1.7

275

9.8

7

Kidney Diseases

181

6.4

227

8.1

8

Peptic Ulcer

198

7.0

201

7.2

9

Diabetes Mellitus

158

5.5

176

6.3

10

Septicemia

245

8.6

155

5.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

Source:  DOH 10/HIS (MFHSIS)