Table 1 Leading garbage codes in males and females. Brazil, 1996 and 2016
Level | Cause of death (ICD codea) | 1996 | 2016 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male | Female | Male | Female | ||||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
4 | Pneumonia unspecified (J15.9, J18, J22) | 18350 | 3.5 | 15330 | 4.1 | 40227 | 5.5 | 41020 | 7.2 |
4 | Stroke, not specified as hemorrhage or infarction (I64, I67.8–I67.9, I69.4, I69.8) | 29087 | 5.5 | 27537 | 7.3 | 37219 | 5.1 | 35878 | 6.3 |
1 | Ill-defined causes—R codes (R02–R99—level 1) | 70164 | 13.2 | 57260 | 15.2 | 39447 | 5.4 | 28922 | 5.1 |
4 | Diabetes mellitus, unspecified | 10263 | 1.9 | 14993 | 4.0 | 22928 | 3.1 | 27955 | 4.9 |
1 | Heart failure (I50) | 15880 | 3.0 | 17217 | 4.6 | 13798 | 1.9 | 14976 | 2.6 |
2 | Essential hypertension (I10) | 2934 | 0.6 | 3697 | 1.0 | 11783 | 1.6 | 13352 | 2.3 |
3 | Cancer, unspecified site (C14, C26, C39, C46, C55, C579, C639, C689, C759, C76, C77, C78, C79, C80, C97) | 5737 | 1.1 | 7718 | 2.0 | 10229 | 1.4 | 11234 | 2.0 |
1 | Septicemia (A40–A41) | 5776 | 1.1 | 5095 | 1.4 | 9769 | 1.3 | 10091 | 1.8 |
4 | Dilated and unspecified cardiomyopathy (I42.0, I42.9) | 5951 | 1.1 | 4938 | 1.3 | 5857 | 0.8 | 4268 | 0.7 |
2 | Injury, undetermined intent (Y20–Y34) | 7658 | 1.4 | 1615 | 0.4 | 7336 | 1.0 | 2396 | 0.4 |
1 | Acute renal failure and unspecified kidney failure (N17, N19) | 2499 | 0.5 | 1951 | 0.5 | 4326 | 0.6 | 3636 | 0.6 |
1 | Pulmonary embolism (I26) | 1962 | 0.4 | 2230 | 0.6 | 3118 | 0.4 | 4292 | 0.7 |
3 | Other respiratory disorders (J98.0, J98.4–J98.9) | 3547 | 0.7 | 3187 | 0.8 | 3579 | 0.5 | 3733 | 0.7 |
2 | Ill-defined causes—R codes (R02–R99—level 2) | 4751 | 0.9 | 4091 | 1.1 | 3829 | 0.5 | 3287 | 0.6 |
4 | Transport accident, type of vehicle unspecified (V89) | 13033 | 2.5 | 3415 | 0.9 | 5850 | 0.8 | 1159 | 0.2 |
2 | Hematemesis, melena, intestinal hemorrhage, unspecified (K92.0–K92.2) | 1709 | 0.3 | 1239 | 0.3 | 3585 | 0.5 | 2762 | 0.5 |
1 | Respiratory failure (J96) | 3272 | 0.6 | 3153 | 0.8 | 2363 | 0.3 | 2364 | 0.4 |
1 | Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids (J69) | 699 | 0.1 | 621 | 0.2 | 2384 | 0.3 | 2294 | 0.4 |
3 | Perinatal period condition, unspecified | 770 | 0.1 | 544 | 0.1 | 266 | 0.0 | 217 | 0.0 |
1,2,3,4 | Other garbage codes | 35909 | 6.8 | 21880 | 5.8 | 37588 | 5.1 | 27561 | 4.8 |
GC total | 239951 | 45.3 | 197711 | 52.5 | 265481 | 36.0 | 241397 | 42.2 | |
Level 1 | 109953 | 20.7 | 94643 | 25.1 | 92102 | 12.5 | 79980 | 14.0 | |
Level 2 | 30234 | 5.7 | 18535 | 4.9 | 33076 | 4.5 | 27394 | 4.8 | |
Level 3 | 15975 | 3.0 | 16127 | 4.3 | 24323 | 3.3 | 22530 | 3.9 | |
Level 4 | 83789 | 15.8 | 68406 | 18.2 | 115980 | 15.7 | 111493 | 19.5 | |
Non-GC | 290118 | 54.7 | 178791 | 47.5 | 471361 | 64.0 | 330962 | 57.8 | |
All causes-total | 530069 | 100.0 | 376502 | 100.0 | 736842 | 100.0 | 572359 | 100.0 | |