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All causes	15,004 deaths		[47th of 59]
Amyloidosis	2 deaths		[37th 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	78 deaths		[29th 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
Contact with venomous snakes and lizards	3 deaths		[18th 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
Cystic fibrosis	1 deaths		[45th 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	3.7 per 1,000 people		[175th 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	13 deaths		[32nd 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	1 deaths		[35th 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	39 deaths		[35th 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	31 deaths		[47th 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 tree	2 deaths		[30th 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	1 deaths		[43rd 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
Impetigo	1 deaths		[6th of 17]
DEFINITION: Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for: Impetigo Impetigo [any organism] [any site] Impetiginization of other dermatoses The mortality statistics consist of deaths registered in national vit
SOURCE: World Health Organisation Statistical Information System
Infectious mononucleosis	1 deaths		[14th 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
Obesity	4 deaths		[33rd 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	65.58 per 1,000 female adults		[140th 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, infant > per 1,000 live births	11 per 1,000 live births		[136th 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	3 deaths		[39th 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	2 deaths		[38th 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
Victim of volcanic eruption	1 deaths		[4th of 8]
DEFINITION: Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for: Victim of volcanic eruption Victim of volcanic eruption, home Victim of volcanic eruption, residential institution Victim of volcanic eruption, school,
SOURCE: World Health Organisation Statistical Information System

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