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Table 2 Trends in the leading causes of mortality in Palawan from 2005 to 2009

From: Evaluating active roles of community health workers in accelerating universal access to health services for malaria in Palawan, the Philippines

Causes of mortality

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

Top 10

Number

Ratea

Top 10

Number

Ratea

Top 10

Number

Ratea

Top 10

Number

Ratea

Top 10

Number

Ratea

Pneumonia

1st

239

37.0

1st

224

33.7

1st

313

46.0

1st

285

41.0

1st

337

43.1

Hypertension

2nd

155

24.0

5th

101

15.2

7th

78

11.5

   

4th

108

13.8

Pulmonary tuberculosis

3rd

128

20.0

3rd

122

18.3

4th

163

24.0

4th

97

14.0

6th

99

12.7

Unspecified natural cause

4th

123

19.0

9th

60

9.0

3rd

181

26.7

10th

57

8.2

   

Cancer

5th

105

16.0

4th

105

15.7

5th

137

20.1

2nd

107

15.4

2nd

123

15.8

Diarrhea

6th

95

15.0

8th

63

9.5

6th

125

18.4

   

8th

72

9.2

Myocardial infarction

7th

83

13.0

2nd

147

22.1

   

8th

59

8.5

   

Accident/wound/injury

8th

67

10.0

            

Stillbirth

9th

56

9.0

      

6th

63

9.1

   

Myocarditis

10th

54

8.0

   

8th

76

11.2

9th

59

8.5

9th

69

8.8

Congestive heart failure

   

6th

87

13.1

         

Renal failure

   

7th

80

12.0

9th

72

10.6

7th

63

9.1

7th

77

9.8

Peptic ulcer

      

10th

54

8.0

      

Cardiovascular disease

      

2nd

295

43.4

3rd

103

14.9

5th

101

12.9

Cerebrovascular accident

         

5th

85

12.2

3rd

111

14.2

Diabetes mellitus

            

10th

64

8.2

  1. The table was created by the author based on the annual provincial health report of the province of Palawan [15, 16]
  2. aRate per 100,000 population