13.21 Percent of Infant (< 1 Year) Deaths from Top 15 Causes, 1996
| Causes | National | Rural | Urban |
| Total | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 |
| Top 15 causes | 73.68 | 74.87 | 68.63 |
| Diarrhoea | 18.96 | 20.51 | 12.43 |
| Tetanus | 17.20 | 16.79 | 18.92 |
| Pneumonia | 12.75 | 13.21 | 10.81 |
| Anaemia | 4.77 | 4.62 | 5.41 |
| Measles | 4.04 | 4.10 | 3.78 |
| Typhoid | 2.90 | 3.59 | 0.00 |
| Polio | 2.28 | 2.44 | 1.62 |
| Influenza | 1.97 | 1.92 | 2.16 |
| Breathing probelms | 1.87 | 1.67 | 2.70 |
| Dysentery | 1.66 | 1.28 | 3.24 |
| Malaria | 1.24 | 1.15 | 1.62 |
| Meninjitis | 1.14 | 1.15 | 1.08 |
| Whooping cough/Pertusis | 1.14 | 1.15 | 1.08 |
| Diptheria | 0.93 | 0.26 | 3.78 |
| Drowing | 0.83 | 1.03 | 0.00 |
| Other causes | 26.32 | 25.13 | 31.37 |