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All causes	290,833 deaths		[10th of 59]
Amyloidosis	3 deaths		[34th 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	23 deaths		[42nd 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
Cholera	2 deaths		[9th 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	22 deaths		[7th 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	13 deaths		[13th 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	21.38 per 1,000 people		[8th 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	111 deaths		[6th 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	7 deaths		[10th 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	1,301 deaths		[7th 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	1,383 deaths		[1st 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	3 deaths		[26th 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 involving bed	2 deaths		[37th 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	1 deaths		[23rd 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	114 deaths		[9th 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	638.39 per 1,000 female adults		[8th 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	658.35 per 1,000 male adults		[6th 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	55 per 1,000 live births		[58th 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
Scabies	3 deaths		[1st of 15]
DEFINITION: Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for: Scabies The mortality statistics consist of deaths registered in national vital registration systems, as submitted to the World Health Organisation. Underlying cause of death is listed as coded by the relevant national authority. Death registration coverage and cross-national differences in coding practices, particularly in the use of codes for ill-defined and unknown causes, must be taken into account to validly compare mortality rates for specific causes across countries. Great caution should therefore be taken when doing inter-country comparisons. The "mortality" statistics listed here are therefore best thought of as an indication of the data being recorded by various nations, rather than as an accurate indicator of real causes of death.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Varicose veins of lower extremities	2 deaths		[40th 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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