Table 1.

Distribution of deaths among adults men (≥ 20 years) by cancer site and educational level.

Cancer site	ICD-9 (1)	ICD-10 (2)	1992–94 %	1995–97 %	1998–00 %	2001–03 %
Mortality by cancer			(n = 7721)	(n = 8016)	(n = 7892)	(n = 7781)
Stomach	151	C16	5.8	5.4	4.8	4.7
Colon	153	C18	7.8	8.6	9.6	9.2
Rectum	154	C19–C21	2.5	2.6	3.1	2.9
Larynx	161	C32	2.8	2.8	2.3	2.4
Lung	162	C33, C34	28.0	27.8	27.3	27.2
Mouth and pharynx	140–149	C00–C14	3.7	3.2	3.1	2.6
Oesophagus	150	C15	2.7	2.6	2.4	2.3
Liver	155	C22	6.4	6.2	6.1	5.2
Pancreas	157	C25	3.2	4.0	4.0	4.4
Kidney	189	C64–C66, C68	2.0	1.7	1.8	1.9
Brain (central nervous system)	191–192	C70–C72	1.7	1.8	1.9	2.4
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	200. 203	C82–C85. C96	2.1	2.3	2.4	2.8
Leukaemia	204–208	C91–C95	2.5	2.5	2.5	3.3
Gallbladder	156	C23–C24	6.2	5.7	5.3	6.1
Prostate	185	C61	8.8	9.2	8.9	7.7
Tumours of ill-defined sites	195–199	C76–C80. C97*	5.3	5.6	5.9	6.5
Other tumours			8.5	8.1	8.6	8.4
Educational level
No education			35.2	31.0	27.4	24.9
Incomplete primary education			33.6	34.0	35.9	35.2
Primary education			11.2	12.4	13.1	13.6
Secondary education			8.7	10.2	10.5	11.4
University education			11.3	12.5	13.3	14.8
Population at risk			(n = 1.676.468)	(n = 1.683.111)	(n = 1.742.299)	(n = 1.848.941)
No education			14.4	12.3	10.4	9.0
Incomplete primary education			26.5	25.2	25.5	25.7
Primary education			18.7	19.6	18.7	17.8
Secondary education			22.0	24.3	25.7	26.8
University education			18.3	18.6	19.6	20.6
TOTAL			100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

Distribution of population at risk by educational level. Barcelona, 1992–2003.

Deaths without information on educational level have been excluded (1.528 men and 1.430 women)

(1) ICD-9: International Classification of Diseases. ninth revision.

(2) ICD-10: International Classification of Diseases. tenth revision.

n: number of cases.