Table 1 Characteristics of all deaths and unlinked deaths between 2001 and 2007 and of the population from census 2000

487,730 (100%)

25,587 (5.2%)

7,279,556 (100%)

252,232 (51.7%)

12,276 (4.8%)

3,715,863 (51.0%)

235,498 (48.3%)

13,311 (5.7%)

3,563,693 (49.0%)

1,842 (0.4%)

300 (16.3%)

1,249,271 (17.2%)

3,552 (0.7%)

926 (26.1%)

851,735 (11.7%)

5,847 (1.2%)

1,300 (22.2%)

1,080,403 (14.8%)

13,437 (2.8%)

1,765 (13.1%)

1,192,374 (16.4%)

28,387 (5.8%)

2,479 (8.7%)

999,661 (13.7%)

52,063 (10.7%)

2,996 (5.8%)

792,783 (10.9%)

99,195 (20.3%)

3,870 (3.9%)

587,723 (8.1%)

167,438 (34.3%)

7,093 (4.2%)

381,520 (5.2%)

108,044 (22.2%)

4,606 (4.3%)

135,542 (1.9%)

7,925 (1.6%)

252 (3.2%)

8,544 (0.1%)

451,691 (92.6%)

21,174 (4.7%)

5,786,075 (79.4%)

36,039 (7.4%)

4,413 (12.2%)

1,493,481 (20.5%)

251,032 (51.5%)

11,850 (4.7%)

2,206,231 (30.3%)

184,883 (37.9%)

9,852 (5.3%)

2,802,202 (38.5%)

49,989 (10.2%)

3,587 (7.2%)

1,027,008 (14.1%)

1,826 (0.4%)

298 (16.3%)

1,244,115 (17.1%)

65,296 (13.4%)

5,097 (7.8%)

3,061,239 (42.0%)

224,196 (46.0%)

11,763 (5.2%)

3,396,553 (46.7%)

162,726 (33.4%)

6,753 (4.1%)

414,316 (5.7%)

35,512 (7.3%)

1,974 (5.6%)

407,448 (5.6%)

156,395 (32.1%)

8,905 (5.7%)

1,120,857 (15.4%)

258,349 (53.0%)

13,720 (5.3%)

5,864,661 (80.6%)

72,986 (15.0%)

2,962 (4.1%)

294,038 (4.0%)

352,101 (72.2%)

15,740 (4.5%)

5,241,017 (72.0%)

112,273 (23.0%)

8,214 (7.3%)

1,718,363 (23.6%)

23,356 (4.8%)

1,633 (7.0%)

320,176 (4.4%)

226,674 (46.5%)

9,616 (4.2%)

2,567,228 (35.3%)

192,487 (39.5%)

10,307 (5.4%)

3,045,563 (41.8%)

31,335 (6.4%)

2,522 (8.0%)

809,202 (11.1%)

37,234 (7.6%)

3,142 (8.4%)

857,563 (11.8%)

164,540 (33.7%)

8,550 (5.2%)

2,075,713 (28.5%)

192,438 (39.5%)

10,700 (5.6%)

3,263,588 (44.8%)

130,752 (26.8%)

6,337 (4.8%)

1,940,255 (26.7%)