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Table 3 The sex and cause-specific mortality among adults in Gaza in July-September 2013 and 2014a

From: The mortality in Gaza in July—September 2014: a retrospective chart-review study

Cause category (ICD-10)

Overall frequency

Women

Men

p-value

2013 (%)

2014 (%)

2013 (%)

2014 (%)

2013 (%)

2014 (%)

Infectious (A00-B99)

73 (8.1)

25 (2.7)

37 (8.3)

12 (2.5)

36 (7.9)

13 (2.8)

0.82b

Endocrine (E00-E90)

46 (5.1)

55 (5.8)

25 (5.6)

34 (7.0)

21 (4.6)

21 (4.6)

0.45b

Neoplasms (C00-C97)

146 (16.2)

150 (15.9)

72 (16.2)

76 (15.7)

74 (16.2)

74 (16.2)

0.82b

Cardiovascular (I00-I59, I70-I99)

230 (25.5)

304 (32.3)

104 (23.4)

153 (31.6)

126 (27.5)

151 (33.0)

0.24b

Cerebrovascular (I60-I69)

126 (14.0)

132 (14.0)

79 (17.8)

84 (17.4)

47 (10.3)

48 (10.5)

0.88b

Respiratory (J00-J99)

51 (5.6)

48 (5.1)

23 (5.2)

23 (4.8)

28 (6.1)

25 (5.5)

0.78b

Maternal (O00-O99)

3 (0.3)

6 (0.6)

3 (0.6)

6 (1.2)

NAc

NAc

0.17d

Injuries (S00-T98, V00-Z99)

44 (4.9)

16 (1.7)

16 (3.6)

1 (0.2)

28 (6.1)

15 (3.3)

0.05b

Other

73 (8.1)

95 (10.1)

39 (8.8)

38 (7.9)

34 (7.4)

57 (12.5)

0.08b

Unknown

111 (12.3)

110 (11.7)

47 (10.6)

57 (11.8)

64 (14.0)

53 (11.6)

0.16b

Total number

903 (100)

941 (100)

445 (100)

484 (100)

458 (100)

457 (100)

0.36b

  1. aCasualties of the war in 2014 not included. bChi-square test for independence between sex and years. cNot applicable. dPoisson distribution-event-test of at least 6 deaths (3 deaths as the expected frequency)