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. 2018 Nov 15;9(1):010401. doi: 10.7189/jogh.09.010401

Table 3.

The 10 leading causes of death selected from List II (see Table 1), by sex: 28 European Union member countries (EU-28), 2014

Rank
Split: Circulatory diseases; cancers; accidents (list II)   2014
  Causes of death (ICD-10)
  Deaths
  %

All causes of mortality (A00-R99, V01-Y89)
4 945 366
100.0
1
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69)
421 558
8.5
2
Malignant neoplasm of trachea, bronchus and lung (C33, C34)
271 816
  5.5
3
Acute myocardial infarction including subsequent myocardial infarction (I21, I22)
231 852
  4.7
4
Dementia (F01, F03)
158 906
  3.2
5
Malignant neoplasm of colon, rectosigmoid junction, rectum, anus and anal canal (C18-C21)
152 209
  3.1
6
Pneumonia (J12-J18)
118 295
  2.4
7
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14)
108 654
  2.2
8
Malignant neoplasm of breast (C50)
93 490
  1.9
9
Alzheimer disease (G30)
89 419
  1.8
10
Malignant neoplasm of pancreas (C25)
83 325
  1.7

All other causes (residual)
3 215 842
65.0
(15
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
Malignant neoplasm of trachea, bronchus and lung (C33, C34)
184 816
7.5
2
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69)
175 193
7.1
3
Acute myocardial infarction including subsequent myocardial infarction (I21, I22)
134 771
5.5
4
Malignant neoplasm of colon, rectosigmoid junction, rectum, anus and anal canal (C18-C21)
83 841
3.4
5
Malignant neoplasm of prostate (C61)
74 016
3.0
6
Pneumonia (J12-J18)
58 392
2.4
7
Dementia (F01, F03)
51 552
2.1
8
Chronic liver disease (K70, K73, K74)
49 136
2.0
9
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14)
49 097
2.0
10
Intentional self-harm (suicide) (X60-X84, Y87.0)
44 461
1.8

All other causes (residual)
1 555 878
63.2
FEMALE
...
All causes of death (A00-R99, V01-Y89)
2 483 898
100.0
1
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69)
246 348
9.9
2
Dementia (F01, F03)
107 353
4.3
3
Acute myocardial infarction including subsequent myocardial infarction (I21, I22)
97 049
3.9
4
Malignant neoplasm of breast (C50)
92 532
3.7
5
Malignant neoplasm of trachea, bronchus and lung (C33, C34)
86 993
3.5
6
Malignant neoplasm of colon, rectosigmoid junction, rectum, anus and anal canal (C18-C21)
68 362
2.8
7
Alzheimer disease (G30)
61 886
2.5
8
Pneumonia (J12-J18)
59 901
2.4
9
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14)
59 553
2.4
10
Malignant neoplasm of pancreas (C25)
41 520
1.7
...
All other causes (residual)
1 562 401
62.9
(23 Intentional self-harm (suicide) (X60-X84, Y87.0) 13 229
0.5)

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