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All causes	1,189 deaths		[57th of 59]
Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge	1 deaths		[40th of 48]
DEFINITION: Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for: Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge, home Assault by rifle, shotgun and larger fi
SOURCE: World Health Organisation Statistical Information System
Assault by sharp object	10 deaths		[49th 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	8 deaths		[53rd 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
Cardiac arrest	21 deaths		[41st 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
Cholera	1 deaths		[12th of 15]
DEFINITION: Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for: Cholera Cholera due to Vibrio cholerae 01, biovar cholerae Cholera due to Vibrio cholerae 01, biovar eltor Cholera, unspecified The mortality stat
SOURCE: World Health Organisation Statistical Information System
Contact with venomous snakes and lizards	1 deaths		[23rd of 33]
DEFINITION: Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for: Contact with venomous snakes and lizards Contact with venomous snakes and lizards, home Contact with venomous snakes and lizards, residential institution <
SOURCE: World Health Organisation Statistical Information System
Death rate, crude > per 1,000 people	5.21 per 1,000 people		[155th 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		[51st 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	1 deaths		[52nd 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	2 deaths		[56th 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
Fall on and from stairs and steps	1 deaths		[45th of 51]
DEFINITION: Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for: Fall on and from stairs and steps Fall on and from stairs and steps, home Fall on and from stairs and steps, residential institution Fall on and from s
SOURCE: World Health Organisation Statistical Information System
Heart failure	35 deaths		[51st 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
Lupus erythematosus	1 deaths		[30th of 43]
DEFINITION: Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for: Lupus erythematosus Discoid lupus erythematosus Subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus Other local lupus erythematosus The mortality statistics co
SOURCE: World Health Organisation Statistical Information System
Obesity	1 deaths		[45th of 52]
DEFINITION: Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for: Obesity Obesity due to excess calories Drug-induced obesity Extreme obesity with alveolar hypoventilation Other obesity Obesity, unspecified
SOURCE: World Health Organisation Statistical Information System
Other congenital malformations of brain	1 deaths		[50th of 53]
DEFINITION: Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for: Other congenital malformations of brain Congenital malformations of corpus callosum Arhinencephaly Holoprosencephaly Other reduction deformities of
SOURCE: World Health Organisation Statistical Information System
rate, adult, female > per 1,000 female adults	121.16 per 1,000 female adults		[89th 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	194.03 per 1,000 male adults		[92nd 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	15.2 per 1,000 live births		[117th 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
Spina bifida	2 deaths		[39th of 52]
DEFINITION: Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for: Spina bifida Cervical spina bifida with hydrocephalus Thoracic spina bifida with hydrocephalus Lumbar spina bifida with hydrocephalus Sacral spina
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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