Appendix A.
List of causes of death used in the analysis and their correspondence to the Soviet classification of 1988, abridged list of ICD-10 used in Belarus, and ICD-10
| Abridged version of ICD–10 used in Belarus (2002–) | Soviet classification of 1988 (1988–2001) | ICD–10 (detailed list) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Infectious diseases | 1–58 | 1–44 | A00–A99, B00–B99 |
| Tuberculosis | 9–17, 57 | 9–13, 43 | A15–A19, B90 |
| Cancers | 59–94 | 45–67 | C00–C97, D00–D48 |
| Cancer of lip, oral cavity, and pharynx | 59 | 45 | C00–C14 |
| Cancer of oesophagus | 60 | 46 | C15 |
| Cancer of stomach | 61 | 47 | C16 |
| Cancer of larynx, trachea, bronchial tubes, and lungs | 68–69 | 52, 53 | C32–C34 |
| Cancer of the breast | 75 | 57 | C50 |
| Cancer of uterus | 76–77 | 58, 59 | C53–C55 |
| Cancer of prostate | 80 | 61 | C61 |
| Cancer of thyroid gland | 86 | 64 | C73 |
| Leukaemia | 91,92 | 65 | C91–C95 |
| Diseases of the circulatory system | 124–159, 253 | 84–102, 158 | I00–I99, R54 |
| Heart diseases plus senility1 | 124–143, 253 | 84–97, 158 | I00–I52, R54 |
| Senility | 253 | 158 | R54 |
| Cerebrovascular diseases | 144–153 | 98, 99 | I60–I69 |
| Diseases of the respiratory system | 160–177 | 103–114 | J00–J99 |
| Diseases of the digestive system | 178–193 | 115–127 | K00–K93 |
| Cirrhosis and fibrosis of liver | 186–187 | 122–123 | K70, K74 |
| Other causes of death | Residual | Residual | Residual |
| Certain conditions originating in perinatal period | 219–235 | 151–157 | P00–P96 |
| External causes | 256–277 | 160–175 | V01–Y84 |
| Motor vehicle transport accidents | 256–262 | 160–162 | V01–V89, V98–V99 |
| Accidental poisoning by alcohol | 269 | 163 | X45 |
| Suicide | 271 | 173 | X60–X84 |
| Homicide | 272 | 174 | X85–Y09 |
| Unspecified violent death | 273 | 175 | Y10–Y34 |
| Other accidents | 263–268, 270, 274–277 | 164–172 | W00–W99, X00–X44, X46–X99, Y40–Y84 |
| All causes | 1–277 | 1–175, 206 | A00–R99, V01–Y98 |
Item ‘senility’ was combined with ‘atherosclerotic cardiosclerosis’ (and consequently with heart diseases) because there were some reasons to suspect an exchange between these items. First, in Belarus an artificial rise of the share of ‘senility’ in the total number of deaths (from 0.07 to 12 per cent between 1988 and 1991) occurred at the expense of cardiovascular diseases, and the increase was related to a special directive of the Ministry of Health of the USSR regarding the registration of senility and CVD mortality at older ages (see Shkolnikov et al. 1996). Also, in the Soviet system of death registration (which is still largely maintained in Belarus), the leading cause of death of a significant proportion of imprecise diagnoses was ‘atherosclerotic cardiosclerosis’ (Vallin et al. 2005), making this well-defined item somewhat ‘ill-defined’.