The triple burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases and injuries on sex differences in life expectancy in Ethiopia

Table 5 Cause-specific contributions to sex differences in LE in Ethiopia

Cause of death	1995		2000		2005		2010		2015
Cause of death	Year	%	Year	%	Year	%	Year	%	Year	%
Communicable, Maternal, Neonatal and Nutritional diseases	0.92	49.9	0.65	33.1	0.50	38.6	1.14	43.7	1.624	46.33
Respiratory infections and TB	0.82	44.3	0.60	30.8	0.68	52.8	0.94	35.9	0.79	22.6
Enteric infections	−0.04	−2.2	0.05	2.6	0.07	5.4	0.28	10.8	0.659	19.77.6
Maternal and neonatal disorders	−0.16	−8.6	− 0.09	−4.8	− 0.15	−11.8	− 0.02	−0.7	0.11	3.1
HIV/AIDS and STI	−0.20	− 10.8	− 0.50	−25.6	− 0.51	−39.6	−0.31	− 12.0	− 0.22	−6.36
Nutritional deficiencies	0.05	2.6	0.23	11.7	0.08	6.2	−0.02	−0.8	− 0.04	−1.1
Other CDs	0.45	24.6	0.36	18.3	0.33	25.6	0.28	10.6	0.29	8.3.3
Non-communicable diseases	0.21	11.3	0.17	8.5	0.12	9.3	0.71	27.2	1.05	30.0
Cardiovascular diseases	0.04	2.1	−0.02	−1.1	−0.12	−9.0	0.11	4.4	0.25	7.1
Neoplasms	−0.25	−13.4	−0.23	−11.9	− 0.26	−20.5	−0.19	−7.2	− 0.06	− 1.7
Other NCDs	0.42	22.6	0.42	21.5	0.50	38.8	0.78	30.0	0.86	24.6
Injuries	0.72	38.8	1.14	58.3	0.67	52.1	0.76	29.1	0.83	23.7
Total	1.85	100	1.96	100	1.29	100	2.61	100	3.51	100

Note: Results in Year refer to cause-specific contributions to the total years of differences in LE between males and females in the last row. Results in % are derived from dividing the total years of differences in LE by contributions of each cause.

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