Table 1.
Leading causes of death according to the classification of major causes in the Global Burden of Disease, Mexico 2019–2021.
| Disease subgroup | 2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths | % | Rate | Deaths | % | Rate | Deaths | % | Rate | |
| II.G Cardiovascular diseases | 192,015 | 26·3% | 151·7 | 260,334 | 23·9% | 203·7 | 255,719 | 23·4% | 198·3 |
| II.G.03 Ischaemic heart disease | 110,989 | 15·2% | 87·7 | 166,002 | 15·2% | 129·9 | 164,461 | 15·0% | 127·5 |
| II.G.04 Cerebrovascular disease | 34,840 | 4·8% | 27·5 | 37,393 | 3·4% | 29·3 | 37,828 | 3·5% | 29·3 |
| II.G.02 Hypertensive diseases | 25,416 | 3·5% | 20·1 | 35,056 | 3·2% | 27·4 | 31,996 | 2·9% | 24·8 |
| I.B.01.b COVID-19 | 202,141 | 18·6% | 158·2 | 237,441 | 21·7% | 184·1 | |||
| II.C Diabetes mellitus | 104,265 | 14·3% | 82·4 | 155,637 | 14·3% | 121·8 | 143,020 | 13·1% | 110·9 |
| II.A Malignant neoplasms | 88,292 | 12·1% | 69·8 | 92,008 | 8·4% | 72·0 | 89,420 | 8·2% | 69·3 |
| II.I Digestive diseases | 70,365 | 9·6% | 55·6 | 72,017 | 6·6% | 56·4 | 74,208 | 6·8% | 57·5 |
| I.B Respiratory infections | 32,486 | 4·4% | 25·7 | 60,164 | 5·5% | 47·1 | 42,099 | 3·8% | 32·6 |
| II.H Respiratory diseases | 36,642 | 5·0% | 28·9 | 37,219 | 3·4% | 29·1 | 33,284 | 3·0% | 25·8 |
| III.B Intentional injuries | 32,281 | 4·4% | 25·5 | 33,981 | 3·1% | 26·6 | 32,428 | 3·0% | 25·1 |
| III.B.02 Injuries (homicide) | 26,328 | 3·6% | 20·8 | 27,268 | 2·5% | 21·3 | 25,449 | 2·3% | 19·7 |
| III.B.01 Intentionally self-inflicted injuries (suicides) | 5951 | 0·8% | 4·7 | 6713 | 0·6% | 5·3 | 6979 | 0·6% | 5·4 |
| III.A Accidents | 32,133 | 4·4% | 25·4 | 29,177 | 2·7% | 22·8 | 31,410 | 2·9% | 24·4 |
| III.A.01 Motor Vehicle Traffic Accidents | 8724 | 1·2% | 6·9 | 8280 | 0·8% | 6·5 | 8783 | 0·8% | 6·8 |
| II.J Genitourinary system diseases | 26,279 | 3·6% | 20·8 | 27,927 | 2·6% | 21·9 | 27,844 | 2·5% | 21·6 |
| I. A Infectious and parasitic diseases | 20,573 | 2·8% | 16·3 | 18,569 | 1·7% | 14·5 | 19,489 | 1·8% | 15·1 |
| II.E Mental disorders and nervous system diseases | 16,512 | 2·3% | 13·0 | 17,233 | 1·6% | 13·5 | 16,679 | 1·5% | 12·9 |
| II.D Other endocrine, metabolic, hematological, and immunological diseases | 10,261 | 1·4% | 8·1 | 13,247 | 1·2% | 10·4 | 13,367 | 1·2% | 10·4 |
| IV.0 Ill-defined causes | 11,026 | 1·5% | 8·7 | 12,289 | 1·1% | 9·6 | 13,246 | 1·2% | 10·3 |
| I.E Nutritional deficiencies | 10,092 | 1·4% | 8·0 | 11,191 | 1·0% | 8·8 | 11,319 | 1·0% | 8·8 |
| I.D Certain conditions originated in the perinatal period | 11,352 | 1·6% | 9·0 | 10,666 | 1·0% | 8·3 | 10,060 | 0·9% | 7·8 |
| III.C Events (injuries) of undetermined intent | 10,574 | 1·4% | 8·4 | 10,287 | 0·9% | 8·0 | 9335 | 0·9% | 7·2 |
| II.B Other neoplasms | 7080 | 1·0% | 5·6 | 6487 | 0·6% | 5·1 | 7059 | 0·6% | 5·5 |
| II.L Musculoskeletal disorders | 5206 | 0·7% | 4·1 | 5555 | 0·5% | 4·3 | 5708 | 0·5% | 4·4 |
| II.M Congenital birth defects | 5305 | 0·7% | 4·2 | 4993 | 0·5% | 3·9 | 4779 | 0·4% | 3·7 |
| II.K Skin diseases | 4391 | 0·6% | 3·5 | 3783 | 0·3% | 3·0 | 4232 | 0·4% | 3·3 |
| II.M Other congenital malformations | 3318 | 0·5% | 2·6 | 3021 | 0·3% | 2·4 | 2852 | 0·3% | 2·2 |
| I.C Maternal disorders | 598 | 0·1% | 0·5 | 581 | 0·1% | 0·5 | 652 | 0·1% | 0·5 |
| II.N Oral disorders | 163 | 0·0% | 0·1 | 169 | 0·0% | 0·1 | 168 | 0·0% | 0·1 |
| II.F Sense organ diseases | 41 | 0·0% | 0·0 | 50 | 0·0% | 0·0 | 45 | 0·0% | 0·0 |
| Total deaths | 731,250 | 100·0% | 1,088,726 | 100·0% | 1,085,863 | 100·0% | |||
Source: Prepared by the authors on information from the Epidemiological and Statistical Subsystem of Deaths (SEED), 2020–2021.
Crude rate with respect to the Mexican population in 2020. Conapo population projections.