Variations in visceral leishmaniasis burden, mortality and the pathway to care within Bihar, India

Parasites & Vectors

Table 6 Comparison of age-specific death rates in VL patients and in Bihar population

Age group	VL patients (2012)			Deaths (2012)			Deaths per 1000 VL cases per year			Deaths per 1000 general population per year (2012)^a
Age group	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
0–4	84	116	200	2	8	10	23.81	68.97	50.00	11.2	11.8	11.5
5–14	649	556	1205	5	18	23	7.70	32.37	19.09	0.9	0.8	0.9
15–59	1234	777	2011	60	32	92	48.62	41.18	45.75	3.2	2.6	2.9
60+	174	51	225	26	3	29	149.43	58.82	128.89	42.9	49.0	45.7

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