Estimated mortality rate by sex-age and death causes in Karachi

ABSTRACT

An estimated mortality rate of encephalitides in Karachi was 37.0 per 100,000 population [male 42.0, female 31.4] for the death records survey in five big hospitals and one private clinic in District III. The estimated mortality rates per 1000 population by sex and age were as follows 15.9 in all males, 14.0 in all females, 34.7 in age group of 0-4 and 77.7 in age group of 70 and above. The mortality rate in age group of 5-49 was higher in females than in males. The estimated mortality rates per 100,000 population by death causes were as follows; 208.8 for infections and parasitic disease, 96.5 for diseases of the nervous system, 361.0 for diseases of the circulatory systems