APPENDIX C

DEFINITIONS OF THE 72 SELECTED CAUSES OF DEATH

	Category Numbers According to the International Classification of Diseases
Causes of Death	Ninth Revision	Eighth Revision Adapted
Shigellosis and Amebiasis	004, 006	004, 006
Certain other intestinal infections	007-009	008, 009
Tuberculosis	010-018	010-019
...of respiratory system	010-012	010-012
...other tuberculosis	013-018	013-019
Whooping Cough	033	033
Streptococcal sore throat, scarlatina and erysipelas	034-035	034
Meningococcal infection	036	036
Septicemia	038	038
Acute poliomyelitis	045	045
Measles	055	055
Viral hepatitis	070	070
Syphilis	090-097	090-097
All other infectious and parasitic diseases	001-003, 005, 020-032, 037, 039-044, 046-054, 056-066, 071-088, 098-139	Remainder of 000-136
Malignant neoplasms, including neoplasms of lymphatic and hematopoietic tissues	140-208	140-209
...of lip, oral cavity and pharynx	140-149	140-149
...of digestive organs and peritoneum	150-159	150-159
...of respiratory and intrathoracic organs	160-165	160-163
...of breast	174-175	174
...of genital organs	179-187	180-187
...of urinary organs	188-189	188-189
...of all other and unspecified sites	170-173, 190-199	170-173, 190-199
Leukemia	204-208	204-207
Other malignant neoplasms of lymphatic and hematopoietic tissues	200-203	200-203, 208, 209
Benign neoplasms, carcinoma in situ and neoplasms of uncertain behavior and of unspecified nature	210-239	210-239
Diabetes mellitus	250	250
Nutritional deficiencies	260-269	260-269
Anemias	280-285	280-285
Meningitis	320-322	320
Major cardiovascular diseases	390-448	390-448
...Diseases of the heart	390-398, 402, 404-429	390-398, 402, 404, 410-429
...Rheumatic fever and Rheumatic heart disease	390-398	390-398
...Hypertensive heart disease	402	402
...Hypertensive heart and renal disease	404	404
...Ischemic heart disease	410-414	410-413
...Acute myocardial infarction	410	410
...Other acute & subacute forms of ischemic heart disease	411	411
...Angina pectoris	413	413
...Old myocardial infarction and other forms of chronic ischemic heart disease	412, 414	412
...Other diseases of endocardium	424	424, 428
...All other forms of heart disease	415-423, 425-429	420-423, 425-427, 429
Hypertension with or without renal disease	401, 403	400, 401, 403
Cerebrovascular diseases	430-438	430-438
...Intracerebral and other intracranial hemorrhage	431-432	431
...Cerebral thrombosis and unspecified occlusion of cerebral arteries	434.0, 434.1, 434.9	433
...Cerebral embolism	434.1	434
...All other and late effects of cerebrovascular disease	430, 433, 435-438	430, 432, 435-438
...Atherosclerosis	440	440
...Other diseases of arteries, arterioles and capillaries	441-448	441-448
Acute bronchitis and bronchiolitis	466	466
Pneumonia and Influenza	480-487	470-474, 480-486
...Pneumonia	480-486	480-486
...Influenza	487	470-474
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (C.O.P.D.) and allied conditions	490-496	490-493, 519.3
Bronchitis, chronic and unspecified	490-491	490-491
...Emphysema	492	492
...Asthma	493	493
...Other C.O.P.D. and allied conditions	494-496	519.3
Ulcer of stomach and duodenum	531-533	531-533
Appendicitis	540-543	540-543
Hernia of abdominal cavity and intestinal,obstruction without mention of hernia	550-553, 560	550-553,560
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis	571	571
Cholelithiasis and other disorders of gallbladder	574-575	574-575
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis	580-589	580-584
...Acute glomerulonephritis and nephrotic syndrome	580-581	580-581
...Chronic glomerulonephritis, nephritis and nephropathy, not specified as acute or chronic, and renal sclerosis unspecified	582-583, 587	582-584
...Renal failure, disorders resulting from impaired renal function, and small kidney of unknown cause	584-586, 588-589	582-584
Infections of kidney	590	590
Hyperplasia of prostate	600	600
Complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium	630-676	630-678
...Pregnancy with abortive outcome	630-638	640-645
...Other complications	640-676	630-639, 650-678
Congenital anomalies	740-759	740-759
Certain conditions originating in perinatal period	760-779	760-769.2, 769.4-772, 774-778
...Birth trauma, intrauterine hypoxia, birth asphyxia and respiratory distress syndrome	767-769	764-768, 772, 776
...Other conditions	760-766, 770-779	Remainder of 760-778
Symptoms, signs and ill-defined conditions	780-799	780-796
All other diseases	Residual	Residual
Accidents and adverse effects	E800-E949	E900-E949
...Motor vehicle accidents	E810-E825	E810-E823
...All other accidents and adverse effects	E800-E807, E826-E949	E800-E807, E825-E949
Suicide	E950-E959	E950-E959
Homicide and legal intervention	E960-E978	E960-E978
All other external causes	E980-E999	E980-E999

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