Top Cause of Death
Data in two tables show rankings for causes of death for males and females, with the largest single cause of death being HIV/AIDS accounting for 132990 (25.5%) deaths. This is at least five times greater than the next largest single cause of death. Ischaemic heart disease and stroke follow with about 6.5% of the deaths and tuberculosis and interpersonal violence are next in the ranking, each accounting for about 5.5% of deaths. Males have higher proportions of deaths due to homicide/violence, tuberculosis and road traffic accidents than females. Females have higher proportions of deaths due to HIV/AIDS, stroke, hypertensive heart diseases and diabetes mellitus.
Additional Information
| Field | Value |
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| Data last updated | October 22, 2015 |
| Metadata last updated | October 22, 2015 |
| Created | October 22, 2015 |
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