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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Explor Econ Hist. 2022 Sep 13;87:101474. doi: 10.1016/j.eeh.2022.101474

Table 1.

ICD2-H Classifications.

ICD-2 Class ICD2-H Description % of Deaths
1 General diseases 19.93
101 Typhoid and typhus 0.36
102 Tuberculosis 4.20
103 Venereal disease 0.33
104 Cancer/neoplasm 2.30
105 Tumor without mention of cancer 0.16
106 Diseases of malnutrition 0.02
107 Alcoholism 0.22
108 Other general diseases 12.34
2 Diseases of the nervous system and the organs of special sense 8.70
209 Encephalitis/meningitis/brain fever 4.50
210 Other diseases of the nervous system and the organs of special sense (excepting encephalitis, meningitis and brain fever) 4.20
3 311 Diseases of the circulatory system 7.67
4 Diseases of the respiratory system 17.11
412 Pneumonia/bronchopneumonia/influenza/bronchitis 15.12
413 Other diseases of the respiratory system (excepting pneumonia, bronchopneumonia, bronchitis and influenza) 1.99
5 Diseases of the digestive system 12.21
514 Diarrhea and enteritis, gastritis 8.24
515 Other diseases of the digestive system (excepting diarrhea, enteritis and gastritis) 3.97
6 Diseases of the genito-urinary apparatus 2.29
616 Nephritis and Bright’s 2.03
617 Other diseases of the genito-urinary apparatus (excepting nephritis and Bright’s disease) 0.26
7 718 Puerperal state (maternal mortality) 0.23
8 819 Diseases of the skin and cellular tissue 0.44
9 920 Diseases of the bones and of the organs of locomotion 0.36
10 1021 Malformations 2.94
11 1122 Infancy 10.45
12 1200 Old age 0.00
13 External causes 10.58
1323 Suicide 0.25
1324 Accidents, injuries, poisoning 10.33
14 1425 Ill-defined causes (including unknown) 6.03
15 1527 Stillbirth 1.07