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All causes	2,429 deaths		[53rd of 59]
Assault by sharp object	5 deaths		[53rd of 58]
DEFINITION: Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for: Assault by sharp object Assault by sharp object, home Assault by sharp object, residential institution Assault by sharp object, school, other instituti
SOURCE: World Health Organisation Statistical Information System
Atherosclerosis	24 deaths		[49th of 56]
DEFINITION: Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for: Atherosclerosis Atherosclerosis of aorta Atherosclerosis of renal artery Atherosclerosis of arteries of extremities Atherosclerosis of other arteri
SOURCE: World Health Organisation Statistical Information System
Candidiasis	1 deaths		[42nd of 46]
DEFINITION: Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for: Candidiasis Candidal stomatitis Pulmonary candidiasis Candidiasis of skin and nail Candidiasis of vulva and vagina Candidiasis of other urogeni
SOURCE: World Health Organisation Statistical Information System
Car occupant collision with car, pick-up truck or van	8 deaths		[39th of 49]
DEFINITION: Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for: Car occupant injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van Car occupant injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van, driver, nontraffic accident
SOURCE: World Health Organisation Statistical Information System
Cardiac arrest	37 deaths		[37th of 58]
DEFINITION: Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for: Cardiac arrest Cardiac arrest with successful resuscitation Sudden cardiac death, so described Cardiac arrest, unspecified The mortality statistic
SOURCE: World Health Organisation Statistical Information System
Cardiomyopathy	17 deaths		[48th of 59]
DEFINITION: Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for: Cardiomyopathy Dilated cardiomyopathy Obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy Other hypertrophic cardiomyopathy Endomyocardial (eosinophilic) disea
SOURCE: World Health Organisation Statistical Information System
Cellulitis	3 deaths		[37th of 49]
DEFINITION: Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for: Cellulitis Cellulitis of finger and toe Cellulitis of other parts of limb Cellulitis of face Cellulitis of trunk Cellulitis of other sites
SOURCE: World Health Organisation Statistical Information System
Chronic renal failure	26 deaths		[47th of 58]
DEFINITION: Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for: Chronic renal failure End-stage renal disease Other chronic renal failure Chronic renal failure, unspecified The mortality statistics consist of d
SOURCE: World Health Organisation Statistical Information System
Death rate, crude > per 1,000 people	8.15 per 1,000 people		[40th of 195]
DEFINITION: Crude death rate indicates the number of deaths occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the population growth rate in the absence of migration.		View time series
SOURCE: World Health Organisation Statistical Information System
Down syndrome	1 deaths		[54th of 55]
DEFINITION: Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for: Down's syndrome Trisomy 21, meiotic nondisjunction Trisomy 21, mosaicism (mitotic nondisjunction) Trisomy 21, translocation Down's syndrome, unspec
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Emphysema	5 deaths		[49th of 58]
DEFINITION: Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for: Emphysema MacLeod's syndrome Panlobular emphysema Centrilobular emphysema Other emphysema Emphysema, unspecified The mortality statistics
SOURCE: World Health Organisation Statistical Information System
Epilepsy	6 deaths		[53rd of 58]
DEFINITION: Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for: Epilepsy Localization-related (focal)(partial) idiopathic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes with seizures of localized onset Localization-related (focal)(pa
SOURCE: World Health Organisation Statistical Information System
Heart failure	91 deaths		[49th of 58]
DEFINITION: Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for: Heart failure Congestive heart failure Left ventricular failure Heart failure, unspecified The mortality statistics consist of deaths registered i
SOURCE: World Health Organisation Statistical Information System
rate, adult, female > per 1,000 female adults	81.02 per 1,000 female adults		[128th of 185]
DEFINITION: Adult mortality rate is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old dying before reaching age 60, if subject to current age-specific mortality rates between those ages.		View time series
SOURCE: World Health Organisation Statistical Information System
rate, adult, male > per 1,000 male adults	157.21 per 1,000 male adults		[118th of 185]
DEFINITION: Adult mortality rate is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old dying before reaching age 60, if subject to current age-specific mortality rates between those ages.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
rate, infant > per 1,000 live births	11 per 1,000 live births		[134th of 187]
DEFINITION: Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
rate, under-5 > per 1,000	12 per 1,000		[135th of 187]
DEFINITION: Under-5 mortality rate is the probability that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to current age-specific mortality rates. The probability is expressed as a rate per 1,000.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Sickle-cell disorders	1 deaths		[28th of 36]
DEFINITION: Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for: Sickle-cell disorders Sickle-cell anaemia with crisis Sickle-cell anaemia without crisis Double heterozygous sickling disorders Sickle-cell trait <
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Varicose veins of lower extremities	1 deaths		[48th of 49]
DEFINITION: Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for: Varicose veins of lower extremities Varicose veins of lower extremities with ulcer Varicose veins of lower extremities with inflammation Varicose veins
SOURCE: World Health Organisation Statistical Information System

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