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Table 2 Diet-related deaths of specific causes and percentage change by age between 1990 and 2013 in Ethiopia

From: The impact of dietary risk factors on the burden of non-communicable diseases in Ethiopia: findings from the Global Burden of Disease study 2013

Age category

Metric

1990 (95% UI)

2013 (95% UI)

Percentage change

Diabetes, urogenital, blood, and endocrine diseases

CVD

Cancer

Diabetes, urogenital, blood, and endocrine diseases

CVD

Cancer

Diabetes, urogenital, blood, and endocrine diseases

CVD

Cancer

15 to 49 years

Number of deaths

347 (253–460)

3898 (2730–5232)

486 (284–722)

417 (304–547)

3878 (2772–5140)

603 (366–889)

20.2%

-0.5%

24.1%

Rate (per 100,000)

1.7 (1.2–2.2)

19 (13–25)

2.3 (1.4–3.4)

0.94 (0.68–1.23)

9 (6–12)

1.4 (0.82–1.99)

-44.7%

-52.6%

-39.1%

 

Proportion (%) of all deaths

0.2%

2.5%

0.3%

0.3%

2.4%

0.4%

13.0%

-5.1%

6.3%

Proportion (%) within the specific disease death

8.8% (6.8–11.4)

38.9% (30.3–50.0)

6.9% (4.3–10.0)

8.5% (6.4–11.0)

37.1% (29.8–46.8)

6.7% (4.2–9.7)

-3.4%

-4.6%

-3.9%

50 to 69 years

Number of deaths

874 (634–1150)

16,466 (12,326–21,122)

1651 (910–2516)

1271 (961–1612)

23,087 (16,911–29,471)

2232 (1278–3392)

45.4%

40.2%

35.2%

Rate (per 100,000)

22 (16–29)

413 (309–530)

42 (23–63)

17 (13–22)

309 (226–394)

30 (17–45)

-22.7%

-25.2%

-28.6%

Proportion (%) of all deaths

0.6%

11.6%

1.2%

0.8%

14.5%

1.4%

29.0%

24.8%

20.7%

Proportion (%) within the specific disease death

13.5% (10.6–16.9)

54.1% (42.3–67.7)

11.3% (6.6–16.8)

14.4% (11.6–17.5)

51.7% (40.4–63.0)

10.6% (6.4–15.3)

6.7%

-4.4%

-6.2%

70+ years

Number of deaths

451 (310–653)

12,426 (9120–16,276)

867 (556–1263)

870 (623–1160)

26,411 (18,983–33,739)

1635 (1102–2312)

92.9%

112.5%

88.6%

Rate (per 100,000)

53 (36–76)

1450 (1065–1900)

101 (65–147)

46 (33–61)

1394 (1002–1781)

86 (58–122)

-13.2%

-3.9%

-14.9%

Proportion (%) of all deaths

0.5%

12.9%

0.9%

0.5%

15.6%

1.0%

8.5%

20.8%

6.7%

Proportion (%) within the specific disease death

9.4% (6.8–13.4)

44.0% (33.3–57.0)

13.1% (8.9–18.7)

9.4% (6.9–12.4)

40.8% (30.7–50.9)

12.3% (8.5–16.8)

0.0%

-7.3%

-6.1%

Total

Number of deaths

1672 (1271–2135)

32,790 (24,804–41,594)

3004 (1803–4368)

2558 (2056–3164)

53,375 (39,172–66,645)

4470 (2792–6422)

53.0%

62.8%

48.8%

Unstandardized rate (per 100,000)

3.5 (2.7–4.5)

68 (52–87)

6 (4–9)

2.7 (2.2–3.4)

57 (42–71)

5 (3–7)

-22.9%

-16.2%

-16.7%

Age-standardized rate (per 100,000)

9 (7–11)

192 (145–242)

16 (10–24)

7 (6–9)

163 (119–204)

13 (8–18)

-22.2%

-15.1%

-18.8%

Unstandardized proportion (%) out of all deaths

0.2%

3.7%

0.3%

0.3%

7.1%

0.6%

78.9%

93.0%

76.5%

Unstandardized proportion (%) out of all NCDs deaths

0.9%

18.3%

1.7%

1.0%

20.4%

1.7%

11.1%

11.5%

0.0%

Unstandardized proportion (%) within the specific disease death

9.0% (6.9–11.4)

46.1% (36.3–57.0)

10.1% (6.4–14.2)

10.0% (8.1–12.1)

44.0% (34.3–52.8)

9.8% (6.3–13.7)

11.1%

-4.6%

-3.0%

Age-standardized proportion (%) within the specific disease death

10.2% (8.1–12.9)

45.6% (35.6–56.7)

11.5% (7.6–16.1)

10.6% (8.6–13.0)

42.9% (33.3–52.0)

10.9% (7.1–15.0)

3.9%

-5.9%

-5.2%

  1. CVD cardiovascular disease; NCD non-communicable disease; UI uncertainty interval