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. 2022 Mar 21;58:13–21. doi: 10.1016/j.arbres.2022.03.001

Table 2.

Number of deaths and percentage of mortality by diseases of the respiratory system in 2020 in Spain by gender (panel A); autonomous community (panel B); and age (panel C).

ICD-10 Causes of death Men Women
(A) By gender
 00A Covid-19 virus identified 32.498 (13.0%)a 27.860 (11.4%)
 00B Covid-19 Unidentified virus (suspected) 6.419 (2.6%) 8.062 (3.3%)
 002 Tuberculosis and its late effects 124 (0.0%) 74 (0.0%)
 018 Malignant tumour of the trachea. bronchus and lung 16.615 (6.7%) 5.303 (2.2%)
 019 Other respiratory and intrathoracic malignant tumours 359 (0.1%) 143 (0.1%)
 062 Influenza (includes influenza due to identified pandemic or zoonotic influenza viruses) 446 (0.2%) 448 (0.2%)
 063 Pneumonia 4.704 (1.9%) 4.064 (1.7%)
 064 Chronic lower respiratory tract diseases (except asthma) 8.832 (3.5%) 2.954 (1.2%).
 065 Asthma 212 (0.1%) 736 (0.3%)
 066 Respiratory insufficiency 927 (0.4%) 1.112 (0.5%)
 067 Other diseases of the respiratory system 8.714 (3.5%) 9.274 (3.8%)
 Total “Causes of death due to respiratory system” 79.850 (32.0%)b 60.030 (24.6%)
 001-102 I-XXII. All causes 249.664 (50.6%)c 244.112 (49.4%)
ICD-10 Causes of death Andalucía Aragón Canarias Cantabria Castilla – La Mancha Castilla y León Cataluña Ceuta Madrid Navarra Valencia Extremadura Galicia Islas Baleares La Rioja Melilla País Vasco Asturias Murcia España
(B) By Autonomous community.
 00A Covid-19 Virus identified 5821
(7.4%)*e
2653
(15.9%)*
403
(2.4%)*
427
(6.5%)*
4817
(18.4%)*
5823
(15.9%)*
12,871
(16.1%)*
59
(9.3%)
14.540
(22.0%)*
1004
(14.9%)*
3161
(6.5%)*
1099
(8.5%)*
1499
(4.6%)*
557
(6.5%)*
577
(15.5%)*
43
(7.7%)*
2.753
(11.5%)*
1513
(10.4%)*
738
(6.0%)*
60,358
(12.2%)
 00B Covid-19 Unidentified virus (suspected) 696
(0.9%)*
289
(1.7%)*
98
(0.6%)*
68
(1.0%)*
1683
(6.4%)*
1889
(5.2%)*
3013
(3.8%)*
4
(0.6%)*
4.817
(7.3%)*
179
(2.7%)
651
(1.3%)*
290
(2.2%)*
83
(0.3%)*
43
(0.5%)*
71
(1.9%)*
4
(0.7%)*
311
(1.3%)*
260
(1.8%)*
32
(0.3%)*
14,481
(2.9%)
 002 Tuberculosis and its late effects 37
(0.0%)d
5
(0.0%)
10
(0.1%)
5
(0.1%)
3
(0.0%)
13
(0.0%)
31
(0.0%)
4
(0.6%)*
11
(0.0%)*
2
(0.0%)
24
(0.1%)
2
(0.0%)
21
(0.1%)
2
(0.0%)
4
(0.1%)
1
(0.2%)
14
(0.1%)
7
(0.0%)
2
(0.0%)
198
(0.0%)
 018 Malignant tumour of the trachea, bronchus and lung 3539 (4.5%) 704
(4.2%)
963 (5.8%)* 346
(5.3%)*
851
(3.2%)*
1354
(3.7%)*
3370
(4.2%)*
31
(4.9%)
2.509
(3.8%)*
326
(4.8%)
2.561
(5.2%)*
582
(4.5%)
1546
(4.7%)
491
(5.7%)*
143
(3.8%)
18
(3.2%)
1193
(5.0%)*
735
(5.0%)*
656
(5.3%)*
21,918
(4.4%)
 019 Other respiratory and intrathoracic malignant tumours 64
(0.1%)
13
(0.1%)
14
(0.1%)
13
(0.2%)
18
(0.1%)
45
(0.1%)
80
(0.1%)
1
(0.2%)
72
(0.1%)
13
(0.2%)
46
(0.1%)
8
(0.1%)
41
(0.1%)
8
(0.1%)
3
(0.1%)
0
(0.0%)
40
(0.2%)*
11
(0.1%)
12
(0.1%)
502
(0.1%)
 062 Influenza (includes influenza due to identified pandemic or zoonotic influenza viruses) 172
(0.2%)
48
(0.3%)*
55
(0.3%)*
18
(0.3%)
41
(0.2%)
44
(0.1%)*
137
(0.2%)
5
(0.8%)*
67
(0.1%)*
18
(0.3%)
59
(0.1%)*
11
(0.1%)
62
(0.2%)
10
(0.1%)
9
(0.2%)
1
(0.2%)
55
(0.2%)
47
(0.3%)*
35
(0.3%)
894
(0.2%)
 063 Pneumonia 1301
(1.7%)
331
(2.0%)
497
(3.0%)*
119
(1.8%)
523
(2.0%)
614
(1.7%)
1099
(1.4%)*
15
(2.4%)
1.406
(2.1%)*
97
(1.4%)
966
(2.0%)*
358
(2.8%)*
499
(1.5%)*
142
(1.7%)
40
(1.1%)*
26
(4.6%)*
228
(0.9%)*
258
(1.7%)
249
(2.0%)
8768
(1.8%)
 064 Chronic lower respiratory tract diseases (except asthma) 1.950
(2.5%)
400
(2.4%)
467
(2.8%)*
174
(2.7%)
667
(2.5%)
738
(2.0%)*
1.892
(2.4%)
20
(3.2%)
1.334
(2.0%)*
160
(2.4%)
1.306
(2.7%)*
331
(2.6%)
841
(2.6%)
276
(3.2%)*
59
(1.6%)*
12
(2.1%)
499
(2.1%)*
319
(2.2%)
341
(2.8%)*
11,786
(2.4%)
 065 Asthma 152
(0.2%)
22
(0.1%)
28
(0.2%)
12
(0.2%)
58
(0.2%)
57
(0.2%)
154
(0.2%)
0
(0.0%)
73
(0.1%)*
17
(0.3%)
89
(0.2%)
23
(0.2%)
71
(0.2%)
14
(0.2%)
4
(0.1%)
0
(0.0%)
90
(0.4%)*
63
(0.4%)*
21
(0.2%)
948
(0.2%)
 066 Respiratory insufficiency 360
(0.5%)
33
(0.2%)*
54
(0.3%)
21
(0.3%)
95
(0.4%)
107
(0.3%)*
337
(0.4%)
2
(0.3%)
551
(0.8%)*
19
(0.3%)
169
(0.3%)
38
(0.3%)
59
(0.2%)*
57
(0.7%)*
8
(0.2%)
4
(0.7%)
63
(0.3%)*
36
(0.2%)*
26
(0.2%)*
2039
(0.4%)
 067 Other diseases of the respiratory system 2673
(3.4%)*
581
(3.5%)
853
(5.1%)*
279 (4.3%)* 1110
(4.2%)*
1356
(3.7%)
2502
(3.1%)*
18
(2.8%)
2858
(4.3%)*
211
(3.1%)
1402
(2.9%)*
650
(5.0%)*
1616
(4.9%)*
237
(2.75%)*
143
(3.8%)
14
(2.5%)
590
(2.5%)*
502
(3.4%)
393
(3.2%)*
17,988
(3.6%)
 Total “Causes of death due to respiratory system” 16,765 (21.2%)*f 5079
(30.4%)*
3442
(20.6%)*
1482
(22.6%)*
9866
(37.6%)*
12,040
(33.0%)*
25,486
(31.9%)*
159
(25.1%)
28,238
(42.7%)*
2046
(30.4%)*
10,434
(21.3%)*
3392
(26.1%)*
6338
(19.3%)*
1837
(21.3%)*
1061
(28.5%)
123
(22.0%)*
5836
(24.3%)*
3751
(25.7%)*
2505
(20.3%)*
139,880
(28.3%)
 001-102 I-XXII. All Causes 78,909 (16.0%)g 16,680 (3.4%) 16,725
(3.4%)
6561
(1.3%)
26,240
(5.3%)
36,522
(7.4%)
79,780
(16.2%)
633
(0.1%)
66,206
(13.4%)
6738
(1.4%)
49,033
(9.9%)
12,994
(2.6%)
32,879
(6.7%)
8608
(1.7%)
3727
(0.8%)
560
(0.1%)
24,041
(4.9%)
14,578
(3.0%)
12,362
(2.5%)
493,776
(100.0%)
ICD-10 Causes of death ≤18 years 18–29 years 30–39 years 40–49 years 50–59 years 60–69 years 70–79 years 80–89 years ≥90 years
(C) By age
 00A Covid-19 Virus identified 11
(0.7%)a
53
(3.3%)
129
(4.1%)
508
(5.3%)
1820
(6.9%)
5141
(10.4%)
12,491
(13.7%)
24,872
(13.7%)
15,333
(11.8%)
 00B Covid-19 Unidentified virus (suspected) 3
(0.2%)
14
(0.9%)
20
(0.6%)
75
(0.8%)
275
(1.0%)
590
(1.2%)
1885
(2.1%)
6139
(3.4%)
5480
(4.2%)
 002 Tuberculosis and its late effects 0
(0.0%)
2
(0.1%)
6
(0.2%)
16
(0.2%)
20
(0.1%)
23
(0.0%)
28
(0.0%)
67
(0.0%)
36
(0.0%)
 018 Malignant tumour of the trachea, bronchus and lung 0
(0.0%)
10
(0.6%)
44
(1.4%)
501
(5.2%)
2851
(10.9%)
6440
(13.0%)
6838
(7.5%)
4442
(2.5%)
792
(0.6%)
 019 Other respiratory and intrathoracic malignant tumours 2
(0.1%)
4
(0.2%)
9
(0.3%)
22
(0.2%)
51
(0.2%)
103
(0.2%)
155
(0.2%)
141
(0.1%)
15
(0.0%)
 062 Influenza (includes influenza due to identified pandemic or zoonotic influenza viruses) 8
(0.5%)
6
(0.4%)
11
(0.3%)
18
(0.2%)
61
(0.2%)
114
(0.2%)
171
(0.2%)
321
(0.2%)
184
(0.1%)
 063 Pneumonia 6
(0.4%)
11
(0.7%)
26
(0.8%)
89
(0.9%)
205
(0.8%)
428
(0.9%)
1199
(1.3%)
3684
(2.0%)
3120
(2.4%)
 064 Chronic lower respiratory tract diseases (except asthma) 1
(0.1%)
3
(0.2%)
4
(0.1%)
52
(0.5%)
308
(1.2%)
1188
(2.4%)
2662
(2.9%)
4834
(2.7%)
2734
(2.1%)
 065 Asthma 2
(0.1%)
6
(0.4%)
8
(0.3%)
18
(0.2%)
37
(0.1%)
40
(0.1%)
130
(0.1%)
407
(0.2%)
300
(0.2%)
 066 Respiratory insufficiency 2
(0.1%)
5
(0.3%)
12
(0.4%)
52
(0.5%)
111
(0.4%)
173
(0.3%)
274
(0.3%)
745
(0.4%)
665
(0.5%)
 067 Other diseases of the respiratory system 15
(0.9%)
29
(1.8%)
71
(2.2%)
183
(1.9%)
414
(1.6%)
908
(1.8%)
2483
(2.7%)
7436
(4.1%)
6449
(5.0%)
 Total “Causes of death of the respiratory system” 50
(3.1%)b
143
(8.8%)
340
(10.8%)
1534
(16.0%)
6153
(23.5%)
15,148
(30.6%)
28,316
(31.1%)
53,088
(29.3%)
35,108
(27.1%)
 001-102 I-XXII. All Causes 1592
(0.3%)h
1625
(0.3%)
3159
(0.6%)
9601
(1.9%)
26,236
(5.3%)
49,503
(10.0%)
91,191
(18.5%)
181,439
(36.7%)
129,430
(26.2%)
a

Percentage of each cause of death of the respiratory system compared to the total causes of death.

b

Percentage of all causes of death of the respiratory system compared to the total causes of death.

c

Percentage of all causes of death by year compared to the total for both genders.

d

Percentage of each cause of death of the respiratory system compared to total causes of death.

e

Significant differences (p < 0.01) are indicated by bold text.

f

Percentage of all causes of death of the respiratory system compared to all causes of death.

g

Percentage of all causes of death by year versus total causes of death in Spain.

h

Percentage of all causes of death according to age range compared to the total.