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- The medically treatable diseases presented in this table were selected according to Charlton's definition based on mortality in specific age groups that could potentially be avoided through appropriate medical attention (see Glossary). There were 111 deaths in 2000 that were identified as medically treatable according to this definition.
- Females accounted for 69 deaths from medically treatable diseases in 2000. Almost half (46.4%) the female deaths were due to cervical cancer (32 deaths), a fifth (20.3%) were due to bacterial infections (14), and about a tenth (11.6%) were due to pneumonia and unqualified bronchitis (8).
- There were 42 male deaths (37.8%) from medically treatable diseases in 2000. More than a quarter of these male deaths (25.6%) were due to hypertensive disease (12 deaths), a quarter (26.2%) were due to pneumonia and unqualified bronchitis (11), and another quarter (26.2%) were due to bacterial infections (11).
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