Table 4.
UCOD trends for decedents with other developmental disabilities, 2012–2016 US Multiple Cause-of-Death Mortality files (n=2479)
| ICD-10 chapter |
Rank order change | Original UCOD (%) | Revised UCOD (%) | Absolute difference (%) | ||||
| IX | I00-I99 | Diseases of the circulatory system | 2 | ↗ | 1 | 15.97 | 19.48 | 3.51 |
| X | J00-J99 | Diseases of the respiratory system | 5 | ↗ | 2 | 8.67 | 16.30 | 7.63 |
| II | C00-D49 | Neoplasms | 4 | ↗ | 3 | 11.29 | 11.42 | 0.13 |
| XX | V00-Y99 | External causes of mortality | 7 | ↗ | 4 | 7.34 | 8.75 | 1.41 |
| VI | G00-G99 | Diseases of the nervous system | 6 | ↗ | 5 | 7.42 | 8.39 | 0.97 |
| IV | E00-E89 | Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases | 8 | ↗ | 6 | 5.77 | 6.53 | 0.76 |
| XI | K00-K95 | Diseases of the digestive system | 9 | ↗ | 7 | 5.16 | 5.81 | 0.65 |
| --- | --- | Unknown | 17 | ↗ | 8 | 0.00 | 4.88 | 4.88 |
| V | F01-F99 | Mental, behavioural and neurodevelopmental disorders* | 1 | ↘ | 9 | 17.39 | 3.87 | −13.52 |
| XVIII | R00-R99 | Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified | 15 | ↗ | 10 | 0.12 | 3.63 | 3.51 |
| I | A00-B99 | Certain infectious and parasitic diseases | 10 | ↘ | 11 | 2.70 | 3.03 | 0.33 |
| XVII | Q00-Q99 | Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities* | 3 | ↘ | 12 | 14.44 | 2.99 | −11.45 |
| XIV | N00-N99 | Diseases of the genitourinary system | 11 | ↘ | 13 | 1.69 | 2.38 | 0.69 |
| XIII | M00-M99 | Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue | 12 | ↘ | 14 | 0.93 | 1.17 | 0.24 |
| III | D50-D89 | Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism | 13 | ↘ | 15 | 0.69 | 0.85 | 0.16 |
| XII | L00-L99 | Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue | 14 | ↘ | 16 | 0.24 | 0.36 | 0.12 |
| XVI | P00-P96 | Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period | 16 | ↘ | 17 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.00 |
| XV | O00-O9A | Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium | 16 | ↘ | 17 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.00 |
*Indicates ICD-10 chapter inclusive of other developmental disabilities.
ICD-10, International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision; UCOD, underlying cause of death.