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All causes	218,062 deaths		[14th of 59]
Amyloidosis	123 deaths		[4th of 49]
DEFINITION: Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for: Amyloidosis Non-neuropathic heredofamilial amyloidosis Neuropathic heredofamilial amyloidosis Heredofamilial amyloidosis, unspecified Secondary sys
SOURCE: World Health Organisation Statistical Information System
Assault by sharp object	113 deaths		[23rd 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
Cystic fibrosis	49 deaths		[4th of 51]
DEFINITION: Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for: Cystic fibrosis Cystic fibrosis with pulmonary manifestations Cystic fibrosis with intestinal manifestations Cystic fibrosis with other manifestations
SOURCE: World Health Organisation Statistical Information System
Death rate, crude > per 1,000 people	7.3 per 1,000 people		[103rd 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	91 deaths		[8th 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
Eating disorders	19 deaths		[5th of 40]
DEFINITION: Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for: Eating disorders Anorexia nervosa Atypical anorexia nervosa Bulimia nervosa Atypical bulimia nervosa Overeating associated with other psycholog
SOURCE: World Health Organisation Statistical Information System
Emphysema	832 deaths		[10th 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	221 deaths		[18th 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 from cliff	15 deaths		[11th of 40]
DEFINITION: Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for: Fall from cliff Fall from cliff, home Fall from cliff, residential institution Fall from cliff, school, other institution and public administrative are
SOURCE: World Health Organisation Statistical Information System
Fall from tree	3 deaths		[27th of 45]
DEFINITION: Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for: Fall from tree Fall from tree, home Fall from tree, residential institution Fall from tree, school, other institution and public administrative area
SOURCE: World Health Organisation Statistical Information System
Fall involving bed	62 deaths		[6th of 46]
DEFINITION: Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for: Fall involving bed Fall involving bed, home Fall involving bed, residential institution Fall involving bed, school, other institution and public admini
SOURCE: World Health Organisation Statistical Information System
Infectious mononucleosis	2 deaths		[8th of 31]
DEFINITION: Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for: Infectious mononucleosis Gammaherpesviral mononucleosis Cytomegaloviral mononucleosis Other infectious mononucleosis Infectious mononucleosis, unsp
SOURCE: World Health Organisation Statistical Information System
Lactose intolerance	1 deaths		[11th of 14]
DEFINITION: Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for: Lactose intolerance Congenital lactase deficiency Secondary lactase deficiency Other lactose intolerance Lactose intolerance, unspecified The
SOURCE: World Health Organisation Statistical Information System
Obesity	187 deaths		[7th 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
rate, adult, female > per 1,000 female adults	59.59 per 1,000 female adults		[161st 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	97.04 per 1,000 male adults		[167th 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	5 per 1,000 live births		[162nd 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
Schizophrenia	103 deaths		[5th of 50]
DEFINITION: Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for: Schizophrenia Paranoid schizophrenia Hebephrenic schizophrenia Catatonic schizophrenia Undifferentiated schizophrenia Post-schizophrenic depres
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Varicose veins of lower extremities	19 deaths		[10th 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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