Table 2.

Distribution of deaths among adults women (≥ 20 years) by cancer site and educational level. Distribution of population at risk by educational level. Barcelona. 1992–2003.

Cancer site	ICD-9 (1)	ICD-10 (2)	1992–94 %	1995–97 %	1998–00 %	2001–03 %
Mortality by cancer			(n = 5160)	(n = 5350)	(n = 5287)	(n = 5438)
Stomach	151	C16	6.6	5.7	5.5	5.0
Colon	153	C18	11.6	11.4	12.7	11.5
Rectum	154	C19–C21	3.3	3.4	3.6	3.2
Lung	162	C33. C34	5.0	5.8	6.3	7.6
Mouth and pharynx	140–149	C00–C14	0.9	1.2	1.5	1.1
Liver	155	C22	5.4	5.4	5.0	4.9
Pancreas	157	C25	4.2	5.3	5.7	5.7
Kidney	189	C64–C66. C68	1.2	1.6	1.2	1.5
Brain (central nervous system)	191–192	C70–C72	2.3	2.5	2.5	2.6
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	200. 203	C82–C85. C96	3.2	3.3	3.3	4.0
Leukaemia	204–208	C91–C95	3.4	3.3	3.3	4.2
Gallbladder	156	C23–C24	2.7	2.8	1.9	1.9
Breast	174	C50	20.1	17.9	17.5	16.4
Cervix uteri	180	C53	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.6
Corpus uteri	179. 182	C54. C55	3.5	3.2	3.5	2.8
Ovary and other female genital	183	C56–C57	4.4	4.5	4.1	4.8
Tumours of ill-defined sites	195–199	C76–C80. C97*	6.7	6.8	6.5	7.2
Other tumours			13.8	14.2	14.1	14.0
Educational level (4)
No education			45.6	42.6	37.6	33.0
Incomplete primary education			34.1	35.7	37.2	38.4
Primary education			8.9	9.1	10.6	11.6
Secondary education			4.9	5.3	6.7	7.3
University education			6.6	7.3	7.9	9.7
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

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.