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Assault by sharp object	1,805 deaths		[3rd of 58]
Cholera	1 deaths		[10th 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	12 deaths		[12th 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	494 deaths		[1st 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	8.25 per 1,000 people		[91st 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	713 deaths		[1st 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	218 deaths		[1st 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	16,700 deaths		[1st 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	812 deaths		[5th 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
Erosion and ectropion of cervix uteri	1 deaths		[4th of 6]
DEFINITION: Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for: Erosion and ectropion of cervix uteri 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 Health Organisation Statistical Information System
Fall involving bed	450 deaths		[1st 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
Flatulence and related conditions	5 deaths		[4th of 12]
DEFINITION: Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for: Flatulence and related conditions 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 Health Organisation Statistical Information System
Impetigo	3 deaths		[2nd 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	13 deaths		[2nd 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	2,989 deaths		[1st 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	83.8 per 1,000 female adults		[134th 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	6 per 1,000 live births		[152nd 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	1 deaths		[9th 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
Scarlet fever	2 deaths		[3rd of 15]
DEFINITION: Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for: Scarlet fever 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 Health Organisation Statistical Information System
Schizophrenia	411 deaths		[1st 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 Health Organisation Statistical Information System

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