Table 5.
Definitions of cause-of-death categories
| Category | ICD-9 | ICD-10 |
|---|---|---|
| Medical care avoidable mortality (AM) | ||
| AM—infectious and respiratory diseases | ||
| Intestinal infections, tuberculosis, Zoonotic bacterial diseases, other bacterial diseases, Septicemia, Poliomyelitis, Measles, Rubella, Infectious hepatitis, Ornithosis, Rickettsioses/arthropod-borne, Syphilis (all forms), Yaws, respiratory diseases, Influenza and Pneumonia, Chronic lower respiratory diseases | 001–009, 010–018, 32, 33, 37, 137, 020–027,38, 45, 55–56,70, 73, 080–082, 087, 090–099, 102, 460–479, 500–519, 480–488, 490–496 | A00–A09, A16–A19, B90, A20–A26, A28, A32, A33, A35, A36, A37, A40–A41, A80, B05–B06, B15–B19, A70, A68, A75, A77, A50–A64, A66, J00–J08, J20–J39, J60–J99, J09–J18, J40–J47 |
| AM—cancers | ||
| Malignant neoplasm of colon, skin, breast, cervix, prostate, testis, bladder, kidney—Wilm’s tumor only, eye, Thyroid carcinoma, Hodgkin’s disease, | 153–154, 172–173, 174, 180, 185, 186, 188–189, 190, 193, 201, 204–208 | C18–C21, C43–C44, C50, C53, C61, C62, C67, C64, C69, C73, C81, C91–C95 |
| Leukemia | ||
| AM—circulatory | ||
| Active/acute rheumatic fever, chronic rheumatic heart disease, hypertensive disease, cerebrovascular disease | 390–392, 393–398, 401–405, 430–438 | I00–I02, I05–I09, I10–I13, I15, I60–I69 |
| AM—birth | ||
| Maternal deaths (all), congenital cardiovascular anomalies, perinatal deaths (excluding stillbirths) | 630–676, 745–747, 760–779 | O00–O99, Q20–Q28, P00–P96 |
| AM—diabetes | 250 | E10–E14 |
| AM—Other | ||
| Disease of thyroid, Epilepsy, Peptic ulcer, Appendicitis, Abdominal hernia, Cholelithiasis & cholecystitis, Nephritis, Benign prostatic hyperplasia, Misadventures to patients during surgical or medical care | 240–246, 345, 531–533, 540–543, 550–553, 574–575.1, 580–589, 600, E870–E876, E878–E879 | E00–E07, G40–G41, K25–K27, K35–K38, K40–K46, K80–K81, N00–N07, N17–N19, N25–N27, N40, Y60–Y69, Y83–Y84 |
| IHD | 410–414, 429.2 | I20–I25 |
| HIV | 279.1a, 042–044 | B20–B24 |
| Suicide and self-inflicted injuries | E950–E959 | U03, X60–X84, Y87.0 |
| Policy AM | ||
| Lung cancer and cirrhosis | 162, 571.1–571.3 | C33–C34, K70 |
| Homicide | E960–E969 | X85–Y09 |
| Road traffic accidents | E810–E819 | V01–V99, |
| Residual causes | ||
| Other cancers | 140–239 | C00–D48 |
| Other heart disease | 390–459 if not listed above | I00–I99 if not listed above |
| Ill-defined causes | 780–799 | R00–R99 |
| All other non-amenable causes (residual) | All other codes not listed above | All other codes not listed above |
a
Classified as 279.1 before 1986