Table 2.
Mortality grouped by main causes of death in the Extramural Leiden University Medical Center Academic Network (ELAN) population by data source, 2021
| ELAN |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mortality | SN a | GPs b | Hospitals c | MHC d | Perined children e | Perined mothers e | The Netherlands f |
| Mid-year population | 1 719 617 | 572 930 | 1 595 887 | 286 572 | 316 760 | 183 964 | 17 533 043 |
| Causes of death (deaths/100 000 mid-year population)g | |||||||
| Neoplasms | 239 | 266 | 256 | 216 | NA | 46 | 268 |
| Diseases of the circulatory system | 181 | 174 | 193 | 177 | NA | 8 | 213 |
| Diseases not elsewhere classified | 60 | 51 | 62 | 71 | NA | 8 | 52 |
| Mental and behavioural disorders | 57 | 41 | 60 | 134 | NA | NA | 67 |
| External causes of morbidity and mortality | 54 | 52 | 57 | 103 | NA | 7 | 52 |
| Diseases of the respiratory system | 50 | 45 | 53 | 61 | NA | NA | 57 |
| Diseases of the nervous system | 40 | 33 | 43 | 80 | NA | NA | 47 |
| Diseases of the digestive system | 26 | 24 | 28 | 34 | NA | NA | 28 |
| Endocrine and metabolic diseases | 21 | 18 | 23 | 27 | NA | NA | 20 |
| Diseases of the genitourinary system | 20 | 19 | 21 | 21 | NA | NA | 20 |
| Certain infectious and parasitic diseases | 14 | 12 | 15 | 19 | NA | NA | 16 |
| Diseases of the musculoskeletal system | 6 | 4 | 7 | 8 | NA | NA | 6 |
| Perinatal period | 3 | NA | 1 | NA | NA | NA | 2 |
| Congenital malformations | 3 | NA | 3 | NA | NA | NA | 2 |
| Diseases of the blood (-forming organs) | 3 | 3 | 3 | NA | NA | NA | 3 |
| Diseases of the skin | 2 | 2 | 2 | NA | NA | NA | 2 |
GP, general practice; MHC, mental healthcare; NA, not available (unavailable or undisclosed due to low numbers); SN, Statistics Netherlands.
Data on the citizens of the ELAN area from SN and the municipalities.
Data on the citizens of the ELAN area from the affiliated general practices.
Data on citizens of the ELAN area with a hospital claims declaration.
Data on the citizens of the ELAN area with a mental healthcare claims declaration.
Data on the citizens of the ELAN area from the Perined population (national data source with information on pregnancy and perinatal care).
Open-source data on the population of the Netherlands from SN [13].
Mortality from the Dutch National Death Registry, grouped by main causes of death according to the International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision (Grouping, Supplementary Table S2, available as Supplementary data at IJE online).