Table 2.
Underlying (or main) ICD10 chapter for all 1939 non-DRDs; by age-group at death.
| ICD10 codes | ICD10 chapter, see http://apps.who.int/ classifications/icd10/browse/2010/en |
Age-at-death frequency of ICD10 chapter for underlying causes of methadone-prescription-clients’ non-DRDs |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency (%) in 1939 non-DRDs |
Frequency (%) in 261 clients aged < 35 years at death |
Frequency (%) in 717 clients aged 35-44 years at death |
Frequency (%) in 589 clients aged 45-54 years at death |
Frequency (%) in 372 clients aged 55+ years at death |
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| A | Certain infectious and parasitic diseases | 26 (1.3) | 5 (1.9) | 10 (1.4) | 9 (1.5) | 2 (0.5) |
| B | 83 (4.3) | 1 (0.4) | 34 (4.7) | 37 (6.3) | 11 (3.0) | |
| C | Neoplasms | 377 (19.4) | 14 (5.4) | 78 (10.9) | 108 (18.3) | 177 (47.6) |
| E | Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases | 35 (1.8) | 8 (3.1) | 16 (2.2) | 9 (1.5) | 2 (0.5) |
| F | Mental and behavioural disorders | 120 (6.2) | 30 (11.5) | 48 (6.7) | 34 (5.8) | 8 (2.2) |
| G | Diseases of nervous system | 26 (1.3) | 2 (0.8) | 8 (1.1) | 12 (2.0) | 4 (1.1) |
| I | Diseases of circulatory system | 286 (14.8) | 20 (7.7) | 114 (15.9) | 93 (15.8) | 59 (15.9) |
| J | Diseases of respiratory system | 212 (10.9) | 7 (2.7) | 63 (8.8) | 85 (14.4) | 57 (15.3) |
| K | Diseases of the digestive system | 303 (15.6) | 34 (13.0) | 137 (19.1) | 104 (17.7) | 28 (7.5) |
| R | Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified | 37 (1.9) | 6 (2.3) | 16 (2.2) | 12 (2.0) | 3 (0.8) |
| X | External causes of morbidity and mortality | 279 (14.4) | 91 (34.9) | 131 (18.3) | 47 (8.0) | 10 (2.7) |
| Y | 62 (3.2) | 20 (7.7) | 28 (3.9) | 14 (2.4) | Nil | |
| Selected sub-codes: respiratory; digestive system; external causes | ||||||
| J09-18 | Influenza and pneumonia | 53 (2.7) | 4 (1.5) | 22 (3.1) | 19 (3.2) | 8 (2.2) |
| J40-47 | Chronic lower respiratory disease | 134 (6.9) | 3 (1.2) | 35 (4.9) | 55 (9.3) | 41 (11.0) |
| K70-77 | Liver disease | 265 (13.7) | 29 (11.1) | 123 (17.2) | 94 (16.0) | 19 (5.1) |
| K70 | Alcoholic liver disease | 213 (11.0) | 25 (9.6) | 102 (14.2) | 75 (12.7) | 11 (3.0) |
| K74 | Fibrosis and cirrhosis | 31 (1.6) | 3 (1.2) | 12 (1.7) | 12 (2.0) | 4 (1.1) |
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X65-84 Y15-34 |
Non-DRD suicide | 191 (9.9) | 63 (24.1) | 95 (13.2) | 32 (5.4) | 1 (0.3) |
| X86-Y09 | Homicide | 56 (2.9) | 23 (8.8) | 21 (2.9) | 8 (1.4) | 4 (1.1) |
Boldface: for underlying ICD10 chapters which accounted for more than 5% of 1939 non-DRDs; and, for them, to highlight significantly differential frequency by age-group.