Table 1 Agreement of underlying cause of death with diagnoses registered for the terminal hospitalization

 Diarrhoea / gastro-enteritis of presumed infectious origin

109

17%

41

38%

0.12

 Septicaemia

503

63%

383

76%

0.08

 Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease

84

31%

70

83%

0.60

 Mycoses

30

47%

26

87%

0.02

 Malignant neoplasm of lip, oral cavity / pharynx

727

59%

607

83%

0.82

 Malignant neoplasm of oesophagus

825

57%

726

88%

0.86

 Malignant neoplasm of stomach

910

64%

793

87%

0.85

 Malignant neoplasm of colon, rectum / anus

2917

58%

2578

88%

0.87

   Malignant neoplasm of colon

1939

55%

1607

83%

0.83

   Malignant neoplasm of rectosigmoid junction, rectum, anus / anal canal

978

53%

809

83%

0.79

 Malignant neoplasm of liver / intrahepatic bile ducts

1252

57%

1025

82%

0.81

 Malignant neoplasm of pancreas

2019

68%

1826

90%

0.91

 Malignant neoplasm of larynx

137

51%

103

75%

0.71

 Malignant neoplasm of trachea, bronchus / lung

5825

62%

5359

92%

0.91

 Malignant neoplasm of bone / articular cartilage

59

46%

40

68%

0.54

 Malignant melanoma of skin

505

44%

402

80%

0.85

 Malignant neoplasms of mesothelial / soft tissue

599

55%

469

78%

0.76

 Malignant neoplasm of breast

2226

51%

2013

90%

0.88

 Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri / uterus

470

55%

392

83%

0.83

  Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri

133

57%

107

80%

0.81

  Malignant neoplasm of other / unspecified parts of uterus

337

51%

271

80%

0.80

 Malignant neoplasm of ovary

766

54%

658

86%

0.88

 Malignant neoplasm of prostate

1751

47%

1559

89%

0.79

 Malignant neoplasm of bladder

873

50%

700

80%

0.75

 Malignant neoplasm of eye / adnexa

48

40%

35

73%

0.74

 Malignant neoplasm of brain

671

75%

615

92%

0.90

 Hodgkin’s disease

60

43%

44

73%

0.66

 Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma

934

56%

799

86%

0.81

 Multiple myeloma / malignant plasma cell neoplasms

555

58%

513

92%

0.86

 Leukaemia

1116

56%

961

86%

0.80

 Anaemias

136

36%

104

76%

0.01

 Haemorrhagic conditions / other diseases of blood (−forming organs)

74

35%

59

80%

0.02

 Diabetes mellitus

657

13%

511

78%

0.08

 Obesity

61

16%

42

69%

0.06

 Mental / behavioural disorders due to psychoactive substance use

121

11%

93

77%

0.05

  Mental / behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol

85

15%

66

78%

0.07

  Mental / behavioural disorders due to other psychoactive substance use

36

0%

25

69%

0.03

 Schizophrenia, schizotypal / delusional disorders

41

56%

34

83%

0.14

 Inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system

71

49%

57

80%

0.27

 Parkinson’s disease

300

19%

224

75%

0.37

 Dementia / Alzheimer’s disease

862

29%

628

73%

0.22

  Dementia

587

13%

394

67%

0.14

  Alzheimer’s disease

275

36%

185

67%

0.33

 Multiple sclerosis

76

14%

65

86%

0.60

 Epilepsy

114

48%

88

77%

0.07

 Cerebral palsy / other paralytic syndromes

66

11%

49

74%

0.02

 Chronic rheumatic heart disease

126

12%

45

36%

0.05

 Hypertensive diseases

1606

5%

1115

69%

0.05

  Essential (primary) hypertension

105

0%

42

40%

0.00

  Other hypertensive diseases

1501

6%

872

58%

0.13

 Ischaemic heart diseases

6746

40%

5120

76%

0.44

  Acute myocardial infarction

2950

63%

2300

78%

0.59

  Other ischaemic heart diseases

3796

7%

2314

61%

0.25

 Pulmonary embolism

464

50%

325

70%

0.25

 Conduction disorders / cardiac arrhythmias

1204

24%

867

72%

0.06

 Heart failure

1046

52%

827

79%

0.09

 Cerebrovascular diseases

4622

77%

4099

89%

0.63

  Intracranial haemorrhage

1774

81%

1526

86%

0.64

  Cerebral infarction

1171

70%

928

79%

0.43

  Stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction

1320

18%

294

22%

0.29

  Other cerebrovascular diseases

357

6%

111

31%

0.08

 Atherosclerosis

263

49%

201

76%

0.14

 Arterial embolism / thrombosis

180

52%

120

67%

0.26

 Phlebitis, thrombophlebitis, venous embolism / thrombosis

89

17%

48

54%

0.06

 Pneumonia

1845

36%

1471

80%

0.18

 Chronic lower respiratory diseases

2188

32%

1833

84%

0.36

  Bronchitis, emphysema / other chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases

2119

32%

1772

84%

0.37

  Asthma

51

24%

25

49%

0.10

  Bronchiectasis

18

11%

12

67%

0.20

 Gastric / duodenal ulcer

275

64%

220

80%

0.34

 Diseases of appendix

36

64%

29

81%

0.54

 Inguinal hernia

38

58%

27

71%

0.27

 Crohn’s disease / ulcerative colitis

56

25%

37

66%

0.30

 Paralytic ileus / intestinal obstruction without hernia

620

62%

532

86%

0.23

 Diverticular disease of intestine

455

57%

368

81%

0.49

 Diseases of the liver

1367

54%

1269

93%

0.36

  Alcoholic liver disease

1009

44%

808

80%

0.59

  Other diseases of liver

358

43%

303

85%

0.12

 Cholelithiasis / cholecystitis

249

45%

216

87%

0.40

 Acute pancreatitis / other diseases of the pancreas

211

60%

192

91%

0.47

 Infections of the skin / subcutaneous tissue

70

23%

40

57%

0.13

 Rheumatoid arthritis / other inflammatory polyarthropathies

66

17%

52

79%

0.10

 Arthrosis

114

27%

41

36%

0.10

 Systemic connective tissue disorders

139

29%

100

72%

0.26

 Soft tissue disorders

55

36%

41

75%

0.06

 Disorders of bone density / structure

35

34%

20

57%

0.02

 Osteomyelitis

32

16%

22

69%

0.15

 Renal tubulo-interstitial diseases

70

20%

48

69%

0.09

 Renal failure

687

40%

617

90%

0.04

 Hyperplasia of prostate

35

11%

17

49%

0.03

 Congenital malformations of the circulatory system

66

11%

32

48%

0.26

Total Cases (sum of 70 master categories)

53,605

50%

44,740

83%