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[Preprint]. 2026 Apr 19:2026.01.31.26345264. Originally published 2026 Feb 3. [Version 3] doi: 10.64898/2026.01.31.26345264

Table 3.

Underlying death counts for broad disease categories for 2003–2023 and for the pandemic years 2020–2023 with different weighting schemes (W0: no weighting, only the underlying cause is counted; W1: 50% weight for the underlying cause and the other 50% shared equally among other causes; W2: weight shared equally among all causes; W2A: weight shared equally among all causes but considering ICD-level causes rather than just broad categories). The upper panel weights the counts of ICD on the Record Axis. The middle panel weights the counts for the underlying ICD on the Record Axis with the contributing ICD on the Entity Axis. The lower panel weights the counts for the underlying ICD on the Entity Axis (last line of Part I) with the contributing ICD on the Entity Axis.

Counts and percentage relative to W0 for the counts of ICD causes from the Record Axis
All Years (2003–2023) Pandemic Years (2020–2023)
Disease W0 W1 W2 W2A W0 W1 W2 W2A
Circulatory 17,797 17,960 (+1) 18,060 (+1) 17,045 (−4) 3,715 3,867 (+4) 3,942 (+6) 3,688 (−1)
Cancer 12,576 9,392 (−25) 8,546 (−32) 8,832 (−30) 2,494 1,827 (−27) 1,615 (−35) 1,678 (−33)
Other Natural 10,708 13,538 (+26) 14,424 (+35) 14,186 (+32) 2,468 3,131 (+27) 3,378 (+37) 3,286 (+33)
Respiratory 5,304 6,122 (+15) 6,287 (+19) 6,481 (+22) 1,046 1,388 (+33) 1,497 (+43) 1,511 (+44)
Endocrine * 2,561 2,653 (+4) 2,707 (+6) 3,404 (+33) 679 733 (+8) 766 (+13) 950 (+40)
Digestive 1,731 1,636 (−5) 1,565 (−10) 1,668 (−4) 394 365 (−7) 347 (−12) 375 (−5)
COVID-19 1,004 566 (−44) 370 (−63) 441 (−56) 1,004 566 (−44) 370 (−63) 441 (−56)
Drug Poisoning 1,230 1,140 (−7) 1,087 (−12) 988 (−20) 426 396 (−7) 377 (−11) 342 (−20)
Transport 915 461 (−50) 380 (−58) 437 (−52) 192 97 (−50) 81 (−58) 91 (−52)
Suicide 762 382 (−50) 308 (−60) 363 (−52) 174 87 (−50) 69 (−60) 83 (−52)
Alcohol-related 676 547 (−19) 512 (−24) 574 (−15) 202 162 (−20) 150 (−26) 170 (−16)
Other External 672 2,039 (+204) 2,376 (+254) 2,104 (+213) 145 454 (+212) 533 (+266) 482 (+231)
Falls 654 351 (−46) 225 (−66) 269 (−59) 180 97 (−46) 59 (−67) 72 (−60)
Homicide 397 200 (−50) 140 (−65) 195 (−51) 97 49 (−50) 34 (−66) 48 (−51)
Counts and percentage change relative to W0 of the underlying Record Axis cause with the contributing causes on Part II of the Entity Axis
All Years (2003–2023) Pandemic Years (2020–2023)
Disease W0 W1 W2 W2A W0 W1 W2 W2A
Circulatory 17,816+ 16,679 (−6) 16,594 (−7) 16,330 (−8) 3,715 3,556 (−4) 3,568 (−4) 3,484 (−6)
Cancer 12,576 10,789 (−14) 10,396 (−17) 10,514 (−16) 2,494 2,085 (−16) 1,971 (−21) 2,004 (−20)
Other Natural 10,692 13,742 (+29) 14,228 (+33) 13,961 (+31) 2,468 3,191 (+29) 3,336 (+35) 3,250 (+32)
Respiratory 5,308 4,794 (−10) 4,694 (−12) 4,880 (−8) 1,046 965 (−8) 952 (−9) 1,000 (−4)
Endocrine * 2,550 3,448 (+35) 3,706 (+45) 3,865 (+52) 679 920 (+35) 1,002 (+47) 1,046 (+54)
Digestive 1,731 1,662 (−4) 1,641 (−5) 1,695 (−2) 394 378 (−4) 372 (−6) 388 (−1)
COVID-19 1,004 784 (−22) 705 (−30) 733 (−27) 1,004 784 (−22) 705 (−30) 733 (−27)
Drug Poisoning 1,230 1,165 (−5) 1,142 (−7) 1,099 (−11) 426 403 (−5) 394 (−7) 380 (−11)
Transport 915 852 (−7) 839 (−8) 845 (−8) 192 178 (−8) 174 (−9) 176 (−9)
Suicide 762 444 (−42) 428 (−44) 431 (−43) 174 95 (−46) 91 (−48) 92 (−47)
Alcohol-related 680 665 (−2) 655 (−4) 677 (−0) 202 192 (−5) 187 (−8) 195 (−4)
Other External 672 1,246 (+85) 1,306 (+94) 1,273 (+90) 145 295 (+103) 310 (+113) 305 (+110)
Falls 654 478 (−27) 420 (−36) 445 (−32) 180 125 (−31) 105 (−42) 114 (−37)
Homicide 397 240 (−40) 235 (−41) 237 (−40) 97 53 (−46) 52 (−47) 52 (−46)
Counts and percentage change relative to W0 of the underlying Entity Axis (last line of Part 1) cause with the contributing causes on Part II of the Entity Axis
All Years (2003–2023) Pandemic Years (2020–2023)
Disease W0 W1 W2 W2A W0 W1 W2 W2A
Circulatory 17,793 16,726 (−6) 16,670 (−6) 16,386 (−8) 3,773 3,618 (−4) 3,631 (−4) 3,541 (−6)
Cancer 11,214 9,798 (−13) 9,484 (−15) 9,593 (−14) 2,208 1,882 (−15) 1,790 (−19) 1,821 (−18)
Other Natural 12,386 14,917 (+20) 15,271 (+23) 14,997 (+21) 2,960 3,525 (+19) 3,623 (+22) 3,536 (+19)
Respiratory 5,978 5,224 (−13) 5,049 (−16) 5,259 (−12) 1,392 1,206 (−13) 1,157 (−17) 1,215 (−13)
Endocrine * 2,209 3,225 (+46) 3,528 (+60) 3,713 (+68) 598 873 (+46) 969 (+62) 1,021 (+71)
Digestive 1,676 1,627 (−3) 1,615 (−4) 1,669 (−0) 388 374 (−4) 370 (−5) 386 (−0)
COVID-19 523 422 (−19) 382 (−27) 401 (−23) 523 422 (−19) 382 (−27) 401 (−23)
Drug Poisoning 1,131 1,120 (−1) 1,109 (−2) 1,072 (−5) 389 387 (−1) 382 (−2) 370 (−5)
Transport 638 653 (+2) 645 (+1) 651 (+2) 142 140 (−2) 138 (−3) 139 (−2)
Suicide 609 371 (−39) 359 (−41) 362 (−41) 140 82 (−41) 79 (−44) 80 (−43)
Alcohol-related 687 660 (−4) 650 (−5) 670 (−2) 208 190 (−9) 185 (−11) 192 (−8)
Other External 1,451 1,703 (+17) 1,709 (+18) 1,673 (+15) 307 385 (+25) 386 (+26) 382 (+24)
Falls 386 350 (−9) 330 (−15) 351 (−9) 111 92 (−17) 84 (−25) 91 (−18)
Homicide 305 190 (−38) 187 (−38) 189 (−38) 78 44 (−44) 43 (−45) 43 (−44)
*

endocrine, nutritional metabolic

+

There are small differences in W0 counts with the different classification scheme used in this panel.