Table 2.

Ranking of UCD in SS mentioned from 1999 to 2003

UCD – ICD-10 113 cause list	Deaths
#SS	1,357
#Diseases of heart (I00–I09, I11, I13, I20–I51)	216
#Malignant neoplasms (C00–C97)	157
#Cerebrovascular diseases (I60–I69)	68
#Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40–J47)	51
#Influenza and pneumonia (J09–J18)	37
#Septicemia (A40–A41)	27
#Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis (K70, K73–K74)	22
#Diabetes mellitus (E10–E14)	17
#Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00–N07, N17–N19, N25–N27)	14
#Alzheimer disease (G30)	13

Abbreviations: UCD: underlying cause of death; ICD-10: International Classification of Diseases 10.