Table 2.
The 10 leading causes of death selected from List I (see Table 1), by sex: 28 European Union member countries (EU-28), 2014
| Rank |
Grouped: Circulatory diseases; cancers; accidents (list I) | 2014 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
Causes of death (ICD-10) |
Deaths |
% |
|
| … |
All causes of death (A00-R99, V01-Y89) |
4 945 366 |
100.0 |
| 1 |
Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99) |
1 832 799 |
37.1 |
| 2 |
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) |
1 306 561 |
26.4 |
| 3 |
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) |
163 943 |
3.3 |
| 4 |
Dementia (F01, F03) |
158 906 |
3.2 |
| 5 |
Accidents (V01-X59, Y85, Y86) |
152 381 |
3.1 |
| 6 |
Pneumonia (J12-J18) |
118 295 |
2.4 |
| 7 |
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) |
108 654 |
2.2 |
| 8 |
Alzheimer disease (G30) |
89 419 |
1.8 |
| 9 |
Chronic liver disease (K70, K73, K74) |
72 379 |
1.5 |
| 10 |
Diseases of kidney and ureter (N00-N29) |
66 131 |
1.3 |
| … |
All other causes (residual) |
875 898 |
17.7 |
|
(11 |
Intentional self-harm (suicide) (X60-X84, Y87.0) |
57 715 |
1.2) |
|
MALE | |||
|
… |
All causes of death (A00-R99, V01-Y89) |
2 461 153 |
100.0 |
| 1 |
Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99) |
838 133 |
34.1 |
| 2 |
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) |
731 256 |
29.7 |
| 3 |
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) |
95 043 |
3.9 |
| 4 |
Accidents (V01-X59, Y85, Y86) |
90 382 |
3.7 |
| 5 |
Pneumonia (J12-J18) |
58 392 |
2.4 |
| 6 |
Dementia (F01, F03) |
51 552 |
2.1 |
| 7 |
Chronic liver disease (K70, K73, K74) |
49 136 |
2.0 |
| 8 |
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) |
49 097 |
2.0 |
|
9 |
Intentional self-harm (suicide) (X60-X84, Y87.0) |
44 461 |
1.8 |
| 10 |
Diseases of kidney and ureter (N00-N29) |
30 305 |
1.2 |
| … |
All other causes (residual) |
421 966 |
17.2 |
|
FEMALE | |||
|
... |
All causes of death (A00-R99, V01-Y89) |
2 483 898 |
100.0 |
| 1 |
Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99) |
994 552 |
40.0 |
| 2 |
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) |
575 263 |
23.2 |
| 3 |
Dementia (F01, F03) |
107 353 |
4.3 |
| 4 |
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) |
68 899 |
2.8 |
| 5 |
Accidents (V01-X59, Y85, Y86) |
61 954 |
2.5 |
| 6 |
Alzheimer disease (G30) |
61 886 |
2.5 |
| 7 |
Pneumonia (J12-J18) |
59 901 |
2.4 |
| 8 |
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) |
59 553 |
2.4 |
| 9 |
Diseases of kidney and ureter (N00-N29) |
35 825 |
1.4 |
| 10 |
Chronic liver disease (K70, K73, K74) |
23 240 |
0.9 |
| ... |
All other causes (residual) |
435 472 |
17.5 |
| (13 | Intentional self-harm (suicide) (X60-X84, Y87.0) | 13 229 | 0.5) |
… – Category not applicable