Causes of death among babies and children under 5 years of age in New Zealand
By broad category, 2020, number of deaths
Cause of death | Number of deaths |
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Chapter 1 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases | 6 |
Chapter 2 Neoplasms | 8 |
Chapter 3 Diseases of blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism | 1 |
Chapter 4 Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases | 3 |
Chapter 6 Diseases of the nervous system | 5 |
Chapter 9 Diseases of the circulatory system | 3 |
Chapter 10 Diseases of the respiratory system | 3 |
Chapter 16 Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period | 154 |
Chapter 17 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities | 70 |
Chapter 18 Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified | 40 |
Chapter 20 External cause of morbidity and mortality | 23 |