Table 2.
UCOD trends for decedents with cerebral palsy, 2012–2016 US Multiple Cause-of-Death Mortality files (n=11 895)
| ICD-10 chapter |
Rank order change | Original UCOD (%) | Revised UCOD (%) | Absolute difference (%) | ||||
| X | J00-J99 | Diseases of the respiratory system | 3 | ↗ | 1 | 8.95 | 29.00 | 20.05 |
| IX | I00-I99 | Diseases of the circulatory system | 2 | → | 2 | 9.42 | 15.06 | 5.64 |
| --- | --- | Unknown | 17 | ↗ | 3 | 0.00 | 11.71 | 11.71 |
| VI | G00-G99 | Diseases of the nervous system* | 1 | ↘ | 4 | 62.05 | 6.53 | −55.52 |
| XX | V00-Y99 | External causes of mortality | 9 | ↗ | 5 | 1.65 | 5.89 | 4.24 |
| XVIII | R00-R99 | Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified | 17 | ↗ | 6 | 0.00 | 5.46 | 5.46 |
| XI | K00-K95 | Diseases of the digestive system | 5 | ↘ | 7 | 3.83 | 5.15 | 1.32 |
| II | C00-D49 | Neoplasms | 4 | ↘ | 8 | 4.62 | 4.72 | 0.10 |
| I | A00-B99 | Certain infectious and parasitic diseases | 6 | ↘ | 9 | 2.69 | 3.99 | 1.30 |
| XIV | N00-N99 | Diseases of the genitourinary system | 11 | ↗ | 10 | 0.81 | 3.40 | 2.59 |
| IV | E00-E89 | Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases | 7 | ↘ | 11 | 2.02 | 3.31 | 1.29 |
| XVII | Q00-Q99 | Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities | 8 | ↘ | 12 | 1.65 | 1.79 | 0.14 |
| V | F01-F99 | Mental, behavioural and neurodevelopmental disorders | 10 | ↘ | 13 | 1.08 | 1.43 | 0.35 |
| XIII | M00-M99 | Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue | 12 | ↘ | 14 | 0.55 | 1.08 | 0.53 |
| XII | L00-L99 | Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue | 15 | → | 15 | 0.14 | 0.58 | 0.44 |
| III | D50-D89 | Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism | 14 | ↘ | 16 | 0.23 | 0.43 | 0.20 |
| XVI | P00-P96 | Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period | 13 | ↘ | 16 | 0.31 | 0.43 | 0.12 |
| VIII | H60-H95 | Diseases of the ear and mastoid process | 16 | ↘ | 17 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| VII | H00-H59 | Diseases of the eye and adnexa | 17 | ↘ | 18 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
*Indicates ICD-10 chapter inclusive of cerebral palsy.
ICD-10, International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision; UCOD, underlying cause of death.