Table1. Definition of groups of disease and ICD-10 codes used in this study.

Disease/group	ICD-10 code	Comments
HIV group	B20-B24, Z21	Not all codes that mention HIV make sense in this context, so Z11.4 was not included among other codes.
Non-AIDS-related cancers	C00-C97 (except C46 and C80-C89)	Excludes Kaposi's sarcoma, immunoblastic lymphoma, Burkitt's lymphoma, and primary brain lymphoma.
External causes	S00-Y98	Includes violent causes, accidents, non-fatal trauma, poisoning and drug abuse.
Cardiovascular diseases	I00-I99 except I46	Excludes cardiac arrest (not a real cause of death).
Diabetes mellitus	E10-E14
Tuberculosis	A15-A19