Table 1. Groups of causes of avoidable mortality in the Spanish consensus list (from Gispert et al.12).
| Condition | Age | ICD-9 codes | ICD-10 codes | |
| Mortality avoidable by health service interventions | ||||
| Tuberculosis (sequelae included) | 0–74 | 010–018,137 | A15–A19, B90 | |
| Cervical cancer | 15–74 | 180 | C53 | |
| Cancer of corpus uteri and cancer of unspecified part of uterus | 15–74 | 182,179 | C54, C55 | |
| Hodgkin’s disease | 0–74 | 201 | C81 | |
| Chronic rheumatic heart diseases | 0–74 | 393–398 | I05–I09 | |
| Pneumonia, acute respiratory infections and influenza | 0–74 | 480–486, 460–466, 487 | A48.1, J12–J18 (except J18.2), J00–J06 (except J02.0, J03.0), J20–J22, J10–J11 | |
| Asthma | 5–49 | 493 | J45–J46 | |
| Diseases of the appendix | 0–74 | 540–543 | K35–K38 | |
| Abdominal hernia | 0–74 | 550–553 | K40–K46 | |
| Cholelithiasis/cholecystitis | 0–74 | 574–575 | K80–K82 | |
| Hypertensive diseases | 0–74 | 401–405 | I10–I15 | |
| Cerebrovascular diseases | 0–74 | 430–438 | I60–I69, G45, F01.1 | |
| Maternal mortality (pregnancy, childbirth and puerperal complications) | All ages | 630–676 | O00–O99, A34 | |
| Perinatal conditions | All ages | 760–779 | P00–P96, A33 | |
| Female breast cancer | 0–74 | 174 | C50 (female) | |
| Ischaemic heart diseases | 35–74 | 410–414 | I20–I25 | |
| Peptic ulcer | 0–74 | 531–534 | K25–K28 | |
| Immunisation preventable | 0–74 | 032, 037, 033, 055, 056, 072, 045, 070.0, 070.1, 070.2–70.3 | A36, A35, A37, A49.2, B05, B06, B26, A80, B15, B16, B17.0, B18.0–B18.1 | |
| Nutritional anaemias | 0–74 | 280–281 | D50–D53 | |
| Cancer of skin (melanoma and non-melanoma) | 0–74 | 172, 173 | C43, C44, C46.0, C46.9 | |
| Cancer of testis | 0–74 | 186 | C62 | |
| Leukaemia | <15 | 204–208 | C91–C95 | |
| Disorders of the thyroid gland | 0–74 | 240–246 | E00–E07 | |
| Diabetes mellitus | 0–49 | 250 | E10–E14 | |
| Hyperplasia of the prostate | 0–74 | 600 | N40 | |
| Congenital malformations of the circulatory system | 0–74 | 745–747 | Q20–Q28, I51.0 | |
| Adverse events during surgical and medical procedures | All ages | E870–879 | Y60–Y84 | |
| Mortality avoidable by health policy interventions | ||||
| Cancer of trachea, bronchus and lung | 0–74 | 162 | C33, C34 | |
| Alcoholic liver disease | 15–74 | 571.0–571.3 | K70.0, K70.1, K70.2–K70.3, K70.4, K70.9 | |
| AIDS and HIV disease | All ages | 279.5, 042, 279.6, 795.8* | B20–24, R75 | |
| Traffic accident involving a motor vehicle | All ages | E810–825 | V02–V04, V09 (except V09.1 and V09.9), V12–V14, V19.0–V19.2, V19.4–V19.6, V20–V79, V80.3–V80.5, V81.0–V81.1, V82.0–V82.1, V83–V88 (except V88.9), V89 (except V89.1) | |
| Suicide | All ages | E950–959 | X60–X84, Y87.0 | |
| Homicide | All ages | E960–969 | X85–Y09, Y87.1 | |
| Remainder of external causes (excludes traffic accidents involving a motor vehicle, suicide, homicide and iatrogenic causes) | All ages | E800–807E826–849E850–858E860–869E880–949E970–999 | V01, V05–V06, V09.1, V09.9, V10–V11, V15–V18, V19.3, V19.8–V19.9, V80.0–V80.2, V80.6–V80.9, V81.2–V81.9, V82.2–V82.9, V88.9, V89.1, V90–V99, W00–W99, X00–X49, X50–X59, Y10–Y59, Y85–Y86, Y87.2, Y88–Y89, F10.0 | |
*When this disease was first recognised, different codes were used in several regions of Spain.
ICD, International Classification of Diseases.