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Table 1 Country year and number of deaths in study data by ICD format, 1950-2008.

From: Algorithms for enhancing public health utility of national causes-of-death data

ICD Format

Country years

Number of deaths (millions)

ILCD 1-5

92

26.8

ICD 6 and ICD 7 Tab A

816

146.2

ICD 8 Tab A

877

125.3

ICD 9 detail

1021

113.9

ICD 9 BTL

52

14.3

Special Country ICD 9 Tab

668

160.0

ICD 10 detail

824

123.4

ICD 10 Tab

54

21.7

Special Country ICD 10 Tab

30

12.1

Total

4434

743.7

  1. Between 1950-1957, 40 countries used ICD-6 and sent data to WHO using the same Tab A format as ICD-7. ICD-6 has 235 country-years and 50.9 million deaths.