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. 2015 Jun 25;93(10):684–692. doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.149484

Table 1. Underlying causes of death in the prospective study on betel use and mortality, Bangladesh, 2000–2014.

Cause of death (ICD–10 code) No.
All causes 1072
Infectious and parasitic diseases (A00–B99) 66
Tuberculosis (A15–A19) 32
Other bacterial diseases (A35, A40, A41) 9
Viral hepatitis (B16, B18, B19) 5
Sequelae of infectious and parasitic diseases (B90) 13
Other (A08, A09, A82, A91, B01) 7
Cancer (C00–C97) 167
Lip, oral cavity and pharynx (C02, C03, C09, C10, C13) 7
Digestive organs (C15–C26) 64
  Stomach (C16) 17
  Liver (C22) 32
  Gallbladder (C23) 8
  Other (C15, C18-C21) 7
Respiratory and intrathoracic organs (C30–C39) 53
  Lung (C34) 46
  Larynx (C32) 7
Female genital organs (C53, C55, C56) 9
Urinary tract (C64, C66, C67) 11
Ill-defined, secondary and unspecified sites (C76–C79) 5
Lymphoid, haematopoietic and related tissue (C85, C91, C92) 7
Other (C43, C49, C50, C61, C69, C71, C73) 11
Diabetes mellitus (E10, E11, E14) 10
Diseases of the nervous system (G00–G99) 12
Inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system (G00, G02, G04, G06) 6
Other (G20, G41, G45, G61, G91, G95) 6
Cardiovascular diseases (I00–I99) 439
Chronic rheumatic heart diseases (I05, I06, I08) 12
Ischaemic heart diseases (I21, I24, I25) 181
Other forms of heart disease (I35, I42, I46, I47, I50) 51
Stroke (I60-I64, I69) 183
Other (I11, I27, I73) 12
Diseases of the respiratory system (J00–J99) 144
Other chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (J44) 106
Asthma (J45) 17
Status asthmaticus (J46) 10
Other (J22, J41, J69, J90, J95) 11
Diseases of the digestive system (K00–K93) 54
Oesophagus, stomach and duodenum (K22, K25, K27, K29, K31) 7
Liver (K70–K72, K74, K76) 39
Other (K56, K63, K65, K80, K92) 8
Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00–N99) 26
Renal failure (N17, N18) 21
Other (N05, N13, N83, N93) 5
Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00–O99) 15
Eclampsia (O15) 5
Complications of labour and delivery (O64, O71, O72, O75) 8
Other (O07, O95) 2
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00–R99) 72
General symptoms and signs (R50, R54, R57) 6
Ill-defined and unknown causes of mortality (R96, R99) 62
Other (R10, R14, R90) 4
External causes of morbidity and mortality (V01–Y98) 41
Pedestrian injured in transport accident (V02–V04) 10
Intentional self-harm (X68, X70) 7
Assault (X90, X91, Y05, Y09) 5
Other (V33, V34, V80, V89, W14, W30, W70, W74, W86, W87, Y21, Y83) 19
All other causes (D32, D37, D38, D43, D61, D64, D75, E64, E87, F20, L89, M51, M80, S06, T61, T82) 26