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. 2024 Jul 24;53(4):dyae099. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyae099

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
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.

a

Data on the citizens of the ELAN area from SN and the municipalities.

b

Data on the citizens of the ELAN area from the affiliated general practices.

c

Data on citizens of the ELAN area with a hospital claims declaration.

d

Data on the citizens of the ELAN area with a mental healthcare claims declaration.

e

Data on the citizens of the ELAN area from the Perined population (national data source with information on pregnancy and perinatal care).

f

Open-source data on the population of the Netherlands from SN [13].

g

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).