Table 1. Cause of death categorization for use in cause-specific mortality analyses.

Cause of death	Corresponding numbers from 113 causes of death lista
CVD	54–74
Coronary heart disease	58–63
Other CVD	55–57, 64–74
Cancer	19–43
Lung cancer	27
Considered obesity relatedb	21, 23, 25, 29, 31, 32, 34
All other cancers	All other numbers within cancer category
Non-cancer, non-CVD disease	All other numbers
Chronic respiratory disease	82–86
Acute respiratory and infectious disease	1–18, 76–81, 87–89
Injuries	112–135
Miscellaneous—including diabetes and kidney disease	All other numbers within non-cancer, non-CVD categories

Abbreviation: CVD, cardiovascular disease.

^aBased on Anderson et al.²⁰

^bColon, breast, oesophageal, uterine, ovarian, kidney and pancreatic cancers.

Based on rationale used by Flegal et al.⁷