Table 3.
Frequency distribution of underlying causes of death among undocumented migrants, 1997–2010
| Male | Female | Totala | ||||
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| Causes of death according to ICD-10 | n | % | n | % | n | % |
| External causes of mortality | 339 | 55.6 | 75 | 36.8 | 423 | 49.8 |
| Diseases of the circulatory system | 183 | 30.0 | 67 | 32.8 | 265 | 31.2 |
| Neoplasms | 23 | 3.8 | 23 | 11.3 | 52 | 6.1 |
| Symptoms, signs, and abnormal findings | 16 | 2.6 | 6 | 2.9 | 24 | 2.8 |
| Diseases of the respiratory system | 9 | 1.5 | 7 | 3.4 | 16 | 1.9 |
| Diseases of the digestive system | 9 | 1.5 | 4 | 2.0 | 13 | 1.5 |
| Infectious and parasitic diseases | 9 | 1.5 | 9 | 4.4 | 20 | 2.4 |
| Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases | 6 | 1.0 | 5 | 2.5 | 12 | 1.4 |
| Diseases of the nervous system, eye, and ear | 6 | 1.0 | 2 | 1.0 | 8 | 0.9 |
| Mental and behavioral disorders | 4 | 0.7 | – | – | 4 | 0.5 |
| Congenital abnormalities | 2 | 0.3 | – | – | 2 | 0.2 |
| Conditions originating in the perinatal period | 2 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.5 | 4 | 0.5 |
| Diseases of the blood and immunity disorders | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.5 | 2 | 0.2 |
| Diseases of the genitourinary system | – | – | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0.4 |
| Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue | 1 | 0.2 | – | – | 1 | 0.1 |
| Pregnancy and childbirth | – | – | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Totalb | 610 | 100.0 | 204 | 100.0 | 850 | 100.0 |
| Missing data | 10 | 1.2 | ||||
a
Total includes cases where the sex was unknown.
b
One diagnostic group (diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue) had no deaths.