Table 1.
UCOD trends for decedents with intellectual disability, 2012–2016 US Multiple Cause-of-Death Mortality files (n=7901)
| ICD-10 chapter |
Rank order change | Original UCOD (%) | Revised UCOD (%) | Absolute difference (%) | ||||
| X | J00-J99 | Diseases of the respiratory system | 3 | ↗ | 1 | 15.37 | 23.67 | 8.30 |
| IX | I00-I99 | Diseases of the circulatory system | 2 | → | 2 | 17.18 | 20.45 | 3.27 |
| XX | V00-Y99 | External causes of mortality | 9 | ↗ | 3 | 2.67 | 7.53 | 4.86 |
| VI | G00-G99 | Diseases of the nervous system | 5 | ↗ | 4 | 6.81 | 7.39 | 0.58 |
| II | C00-D49 | Neoplasms | 4 | ↘ | 5 | 7.00 | 7.05 | 0.05 |
| IV | E00-E89 | Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases | 6 | → | 6 | 5.94 | 6.66 | 0.72 |
| V | F01-F99 | Mental, behavioural and neurodevelopmental disorders* | 1 | ↘ | 7 | 30.92 | 5.72 | −25.20 |
| XI | K00-K95 | Diseases of the digestive system | 7 | ↘ | 8 | 5.37 | 5.71 | 0.34 |
| I | A00-B99 | Certain infectious and parasitic diseases | 8 | ↘ | 9 | 3.24 | 3.82 | 0.58 |
| XVIII | R00-R99 | Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified | 16 | ↗ | 10 | 0.00 | 3.72 | 3.72 |
| XIV | N00-N99 | Diseases of the genitourinary system | 10 | ↘ | 11 | 2.53 | 3.47 | 0.94 |
| XVII | Q00-Q99 | Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities | 11 | ↘ | 12 | 1.35 | 1.57 | 0.22 |
| --- | --- | Unknown | 16 | ↗ | 13 | 0.00 | 1.24 | 1.24 |
| XIII | M00-M99 | Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue | 12 | ↘ | 14 | 0.84 | 0.92 | 0.08 |
| XII | L00-L99 | Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue | 13 | ↘ | 15 | 0.32 | 0.48 | 0.16 |
| III | D50-D89 | Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism | 13 | ↘ | 16 | 0.32 | 0.42 | 0.10 |
| XVI | P00-P96 | Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period | 14 | ↘ | 17 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.00 |
| VIII | H60-H95 | Diseases of the ear and mastoid process | 15 | ↘ | 18 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.01 |
| VII | H00-H59 | Diseases of the eye and adnexa | 15 | ↘ | 19 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.00 |
*Indicates ICD-10 chapter inclusive of intellectual disability.
ICD-10, International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision; UCOD, underlying cause of death.