Table 4.
ICD-10 Chapter | Blocks | ICD-10 Title | No of deceased | *Per cent of total 5836 deceased |
I | A00–B99 | Certain infectious and parasitic diseases | 185 | 3.2 |
II | C00–D48 | Neoplasms: all codes | 1027 | 17.7 |
C00–D48 | Neoplasms (all codes except the following specified) | 351 | 6.0 | |
C16–16.9 | Malignant neoplasms of stomach | 62 | 1.1 | |
C18–21.2 | Malignant neoplasms of large intestine | 88 | 1.5 | |
C34 | Malignant neoplasms of bronchus and lungs | 203 | 3.5 | |
C50 | Malignant neoplasms of the breast | 47 | 0.8 | |
C51, C52, C54, C55, C57, C58 | Malignant neoplasms, female genital organs (coded) | 12 | 0.2 | |
C53 | Malignant neoplasms of the uterine cervix | 6 | 0.1 | |
C56 | Malignant neoplasms of the ovary | 17 | 0.3 | |
C61 | Malignant neoplasms of the prostate | 33 | 0.6 | |
C64–68 | Malignant neoplasms of the urinary tract | 74 | 1.3 | |
C69–72 | Malignant neoplasms of eye, brain, and other parts of central nervous system | 56 | 1.0 | |
C81–C96 | Malignant neoplasms, of the lymphoid, haemopoietic and related tissue | 49 | 0.8 | |
D46 | Myelodysplastic syndrome | 29 | 0.5 | |
III | D50–D89 | Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism | 42 | 0.7 |
IV | E00–E90 | Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases: all codes | 437 | 7.5 |
E00–E90 | Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (all codes except the following specified) | 51 | 0.9 | |
E10–E14 | Diabetes mellitus | 384 | 6.6 | |
E65–E68 | Obesity and other hyperalimentation | 2 | 0.0 | |
V | F00–F99 | Mental and behavioral disorders | 6 | 0.1 |
VI | G00–G99 | Diseases of the nervous system | 40 | 0.7 |
IX | I00–I99 | Diseases of the circulatory system: all codes | 2461 | 42.1 |
I00–I99 | Diseases of the circulatory system (all codes except the following specified) | 313 | 5.4 | |
I10–I15 | Hypertensive diseases | 99 | 1.7 | |
I20–I25 | Ischemic heart diseases | 603 | 10.3 | |
I46 | Cardiac arrest | 61 | 1.0 | |
I50.0–I50.9 | Cardiac failure | 462 | 7.9 | |
I60–I69 | Cerebrovascular diseases | 923 | 15.8 | |
X | J00–J99 | Diseases of the respiratory system: all codes | 348 | 6.0 |
J00–J99 | Diseases of the respiratory system (all codes except the following specified) | 21 | 0.4 | |
J10–J18 | Influenza and pneumonia | 240 | 4.1 | |
J40–J47 | Chronic lower respiratory diseases | 69 | 1.2 | |
J96 | Respiratory failure not classified elsewhere | 18 | 0.3 | |
XI | K00–K93 | Diseases of the digestive system | 393 | 6.7 |
XII | L00–L99 | Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue | 16 | 0.3 |
XIII | M00–M99 | Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue | 14 | 0.2 |
XIV | N00–N99 | Diseases of the genitourinary system: all codes | 341 | 5.8 |
N00–N99 | Diseases of the genitourinary system (all codes except the following specified) | 13 | 0.2 | |
N10–N16 | Acute tubulo-interstitial nephritis | 67 | 1.1 | |
N17–N19 | Renal failure | 261 | 4.5 | |
XVI | P00–P96 | Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period | 65 | 1.1 |
XVII | Q00–Q99 | Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities | 18 | 0.3 |
XVIII | R00–R99 | Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified | 7 | 0.1 |
XX | V01–Y98 | External causes of morbidity and mortality: all codes | 362 | 6.2 |
X60–X84 | Intentional self-harm | 2 | 0.0 | |
Not classifiable** | 74 | 1.3 | ||
Total | 5836 | 100.0 |
*Per cent of the total 5836 deceased in hospital.
**These deceased were referred for autopsy, the death certificates were issued directly by the forensic medical department and the database of the hospital was not updated.
There were no recorded deaths in the following ICD-10 blocks; diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00–H59), diseases of the ear and mastoid process (H60–H95), pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00–O99), complications of medical and surgical care (Y40–Y84), factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00–Z99) and under the codes for special purposes (U00–U99).