Hepatitis C causes chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis and liver cancer.

a From 1990 to 1997 this was referred to as cirrhosis and other chronic liver diseases.

Medically, Thein Tin had been suffering from liver cirrhosis since 1982 and while he was serving his sentence on 3 December 1997, the prison medical authorities had transferred him to the Yangon hospital, according to the spokesman.

MORTALITY RATES BY SEX 277. In 1994, the 10 principal causes of female mortality were, in order of importance diabetes mellitus acute heart attacks pneumonia certain conditions originating in the perinatal period nutritional deficiencies nephritis, nephritic syndrome and kidney diseases cirrhosis and other chronic diseases of the liver congenital anomalies malignant tumours of the cervix and undefined intestinal infections.

In Mexico the first 10 causes of death among women in 2001 were diabetes mellitus, ischaemic diseases of the heart, cerebro vascular disease, certain affections occurring during the perinatal period, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cirrhosis and other chronic diseases of the liver, acute diseases of the lower respiratory tract, diseases arising from high blood pressure, nephritis, nephrosis and malignant tumours of the cervix.

Among the 15 main causes of the loss of healthy life years (HLY) in our country we find psychiatric and neurological diseases six of them are related either to this type of disorder or to addictions, including homicide and violence, motor vehicle accidents, cerebro vascular diseases, cirrhosis of the liver, dementia, alcohol consumption and depressive disorders, which account for almost 18 per cent of all loss of HLY.