Table 2.
Documented main cause of death of people with epilepsy (A) under 65 years (B) aged 65 and over
| (A) ICD-10 category | Under 65, n (%) |
| Neoplasms (C00–D48) | 571 (26.9) |
| Diseases of the circulatory system (I00–I99) | 330 (15.6) |
| Epilepsy (G40–G41) | 302 (14.2) |
| Diseases of the respiratory system (J00–J99) | 176 (8.3) |
| Diseases of the nervous system (G00–G37, G43–G99), excluding epilepsy | 164 (7.7) |
| Diseases of the digestive system (K00–KK93) | 161 (7.6) |
| External causes of morbidity and mortality (V01–X59, X85–Y98) | 129 (6.1) |
| Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00–Q99) | 70 (3.3) |
| Mental and behavioural disorders (F00–F99) | 61 (2.9) |
| Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00–E90) | 34 (1.6) |
| Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00–R99) | 29 (1.4) |
| External causes of morbidity and mortality (intentional) (X60–X84) | 28 (1.3) |
| Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00–N99) | 23 (1.1) |
| Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00–B99) | 20 (0.9) |
| Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs (D50–D89) | 9 (0.4) |
| Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00–M99) | 9 (0.4) |
| Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00–L99) | 4 (0.2) |
| Total | 2120 (100.0) |
| (B) ICD-10 category | 65 and over, n (%) |
| Diseases of the circulatory system (I00–I99) | 1973 (37.3) |
| Neoplasms (C00–D48) | 910 (17.2) |
| Diseases of the respiratory system (J00–J99) | 827 (15.6) |
| Mental and behavioural disorders (F00–F99) | 479 (9.1) |
| Diseases of the nervous system (G00–G37, G43–G99), excluding epilepsy | 295 (5.6) |
| Diseases of the digestive system (K00–KK93) | 173 (3.3) |
| Epilepsy (G40–G41) | 142 (2.7) |
| Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00–N99) | 130 (2.5) |
| External causes of morbidity and mortality (V01–X59, X85–Y98) | 88 (1.7) |
| Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00–R99) | 86 (1.6) |
| Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00–E90) | 67 (1.3) |
| Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00–B99) | 46 (0.9) |
| Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00–M99) | 29 (0.5) |
| Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00–Q99) | 15 (0.3) |
| Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00–L99) | 13 (0.2) |
| Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs (D50–D89) | 8 (0.2) |
| External causes of morbidity and mortality (intentional) (X60–X84) | 4 (0.1) |
| Total | 5285 (100.0) |
ICD, International Classification of Diseases.