Table 3. Standardized cause-related mortality rates, by calculation method and cause-of-death category, 2010, France.

Cause-of-death categorya	Standardized mortality derived using the classic method,b per 100 000 population	Change in standardized mortality with the multiple-cause-of-death weighting methodc relative to the classic method, %
		MCW1	MCW2	MCW3
Infectious diseases	19.2	22	16	−14
External causes of morbidity and mortality	65.2	−40	−31	−13
Digestive system diseases	40.8	−15	−10	−11
Neoplasms	287.0	−36	−26	−7
Respiratory system diseases	59.3	22	15	−5
Circulatory system diseases	250.1	−9	−8	−1
Perinatal conditions	1.8	7	6	2
Pregnancy or childbirth complications	0.1	−31	−22	3
Congenital malformations	2.2	−41	−31	4
Nervous system diseases	53.1	−29	−23	5
Musculoskeletal diseases	6.2	−28	−20	11
Symptoms, signs, ill-defined causes	58.4	253	194	15
Genitourinary diseases	18.0	26	15	24
Blood diseases	3.9	60	40	26
Endocrine and nutritional diseases	33.7	3	6	33
Mental disorders	30.1	2	0	34
Skin diseases	2.4	69	44	42

MCW: Multiple-cause-of-death weighting method.

^a The cause-of-death categories are those listed in the European shortlist for causes of death, 2012.¹⁴

^b With the classic method, standardized mortality was calculated using only the underlying cause of death specified on the death certificate.

^c Details of the three multiple-cause-of-death weighting methods, MCW₁, MCW₂ and MCW₃, are given in the main text.