Table 1.

The classification of non-cancer causes in the present study.

Classification	Cause of death definition	ICD-10 corresponding codes
Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular	Diseases of heart	I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51
disease	Hypertension without heart disease	I10, I12
	Cerebrovascular diseases	I60-I69
	Atherosclerosis	I70
	Aortic aneurysm and dissection	I71
	Other diseases of arteries, arterioles, capillaries	I72-I78
Other causes	In situ, benign or unknown behavior neoplasm	D00-D48
	Complications of pregnancy, childbirth, puerperium	A34, O00-O95, O98-O99
	Congenital anomalies	Q00-Q99
	Certain conditions originating in perinatal period	P00-P96
	Symptoms, signs and ill-defined conditions	R00-R99
	Other cause of death	–
COPD and associated conditions	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and allied cond	J40-J47
Septicemia, infectious and	Tuberculosis	A15-A19
parasitic diseases	Syphilis	A50-A53
	Septicemia	A40-A41
	Other infectious and parasitic diseases including HIV	A00-A08, A20-A33, A35-A39, A42-A49, A54-B19, B25-B99
Pneumonia and influenza	Pneumonia and influenza	J09-J18
Accidents and adverse effects	Accidents and adverse effects	V01-X59, Y85-Y86
Diabetes	Diabetes mellitus	E10-E14
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome	Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis	N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27
and nephrosis
Suicide and self-inflicted injury	Suicide and self-inflicted injury	U03, X60-X84, Y87.0
Alzheimers	Alzheimers (ICD-9 and 10 only)	G30
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis	Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis	K70, K73-K74
Stomach and duodenal ulcers	Stomach and duodenal ulcers	K25-K28
Homicide and legal intervention	Homicide and legal intervention	U01-U02, X85-Y09, Y35, Y87.1, Y89.0