Deaths according to Cause of Death Multiple causes of death Distribution of multiple causes of death (chapters from the 10th revision of the CIE) by basic cause (chapters from the 10th revision of the CIE) and sex. Units: percentage Both sexes Males Females All causes Infectious and parasitic diseases Tumours Diseases of the blood and haematopoeitic organs, and certain disorders affecting the immune system Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases Mental and behavioural disorders Diseases of the nervous system and the sense organs Diseases of the circulatory system Diseases of the respiratory system Diseases of the digestive system Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue Diseases of the osteomuscular system and of the conjunctive tissue Diseases of the genitourinary system Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium Affections originated in the perinatal period Congenital malformations, deformities and chromosomal abnormalities Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not classified elsewhere External causes of mortality All causes Infectious and parasitic diseases Tumours Diseases of the blood and haematopoeitic organs, and certain disorders affecting the immune system Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases Mental and behavioural disorders Diseases of the nervous system and the sense organs Diseases of the circulatory system Diseases of the respiratory system Diseases of the digestive system Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue Diseases of the osteomuscular system and of the conjunctive tissue Diseases of the genitourinary system Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium Affections originated in the perinatal period Congenital malformations, deformities and chromosomal abnormalities Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not classified elsewhere External causes of mortality All causes Infectious and parasitic diseases Tumours Diseases of the blood and haematopoeitic organs, and certain disorders affecting the immune system Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases Mental and behavioural disorders Diseases of the nervous system and the sense organs Diseases of the circulatory system Diseases of the respiratory system Diseases of the digestive system Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue Diseases of the osteomuscular system and of the conjunctive tissue Diseases of the genitourinary system Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium Affections originated in the perinatal period Congenital malformations, deformities and chromosomal abnormalities Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not classified elsewhere External causes of mortality Infectious and parasitic diseases 100.00 76.22 6.48 0.19 0.94 1.37 1.66 3.93 2.71 3.30 0.46 0.49 1.76 0.00 0.05 0.07 0.01 0.35 100.00 76.81 7.57 0.15 0.84 0.99 1.30 3.76 2.91 3.07 0.31 0.34 1.43 .. 0.07 0.08 0.00 0.37 100.00 75.59 5.32 0.23 1.04 1.78 2.05 4.12 2.49 3.55 0.61 0.65 2.12 0.00 0.04 0.07 0.01 0.33 Tumours 100.00 2.86 91.69 0.06 0.42 0.27 0.51 2.28 0.79 0.65 0.02 0.14 0.15 .. 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.15 100.00 3.08 91.20 0.05 0.41 0.23 0.47 2.38 1.05 0.72 0.02 0.10 0.14 .. 0.00 0.01 .. 0.14 100.00 2.52 92.43 0.06 0.43 0.34 0.57 2.15 0.41 0.54 0.03 0.18 0.15 .. 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.16 Diseases of the blood and haematopoeitic organs, and certain disorders affecting the immune system 100.00 9.73 31.14 13.23 3.09 3.71 3.43 16.38 5.03 6.05 0.47 2.22 3.69 0.01 0.24 0.16 0.01 1.42 100.00 10.36 38.24 12.00 2.67 2.27 2.29 13.93 5.84 5.71 0.36 1.28 3.38 .. 0.22 0.13 .. 1.33 100.00 9.17 24.85 14.31 3.46 4.98 4.45 18.55 4.31 6.35 0.56 3.06 3.97 0.02 0.27 0.18 0.01 1.50 Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases 100.00 13.62 13.73 0.43 22.17 5.37 5.95 22.91 6.27 3.53 0.40 1.04 3.41 0.00 0.05 0.12 0.01 1.00 100.00 14.21 17.62 0.38 21.00 3.87 4.58 22.21 7.51 3.64 0.29 0.68 2.87 .. 0.05 0.11 0.01 0.99 100.00 13.11 10.38 0.49 23.18 6.67 7.14 23.51 5.19 3.43 0.49 1.34 3.87 0.00 0.05 0.13 0.01 1.00 Mental and behavioural disorders 100.00 14.61 6.35 0.30 3.69 40.53 5.81 16.71 4.83 2.94 0.25 1.05 1.71 .. 0.01 0.15 0.02 1.04 100.00 15.18 9.38 0.24 3.61 35.20 6.03 15.50 7.00 3.69 0.20 0.79 1.58 .. 0.02 0.18 0.02 1.38 100.00 14.26 4.47 0.34 3.74 43.84 5.67 17.46 3.49 2.47 0.28 1.22 1.80 .. 0.00 0.13 0.01 0.83 Diseases of the nervous system and the sense organs 100.00 12.18 8.53 0.22 2.88 1.74 47.57 17.91 3.07 1.89 0.14 0.74 1.09 0.00 0.15 0.27 0.02 1.60 100.00 12.59 11.10 0.24 2.71 1.65 42.74 18.02 4.09 2.10 0.12 0.59 1.31 .. 0.19 0.31 0.01 2.22 100.00 11.86 6.55 0.20 3.01 1.82 51.29 17.83 2.28 1.73 0.15 0.85 0.92 0.00 0.12 0.24 0.02 1.13 Diseases of the circulatory system 100.00 10.10 13.61 0.43 4.26 3.40 4.32 48.64 6.43 2.76 0.26 1.04 2.47 0.00 0.06 0.12 1.04 1.04 100.00 10.44 17.07 0.36 4.08 2.22 3.32 46.94 7.53 2.90 0.20 0.70 2.20 .. 0.06 0.14 0.83 1.01 100.00 9.79 10.47 0.49 4.42 4.47 5.24 50.19 5.43 2.64 0.33 1.36 2.72 0.00 0.05 0.11 1.23 1.07 Diseases of the respiratory system 100.00 28.66 14.92 0.31 1.50 4.52 5.29 13.65 24.79 2.06 0.18 0.82 1.68 0.00 0.05 0.17 0.15 1.25 100.00 28.88 18.18 0.26 1.35 3.32 4.47 11.53 26.16 2.16 0.14 0.59 1.49 .. 0.06 0.16 0.09 1.16 100.00 28.41 11.01 0.37 1.68 5.95 6.26 16.20 23.15 1.93 0.23 1.09 1.91 0.00 0.04 0.17 0.23 1.36 Diseases of the digestive system 100.00 5.61 29.71 0.42 1.17 1.11 1.50 6.86 1.81 49.08 0.09 0.60 1.15 0.00 0.05 0.17 0.00 0.66 100.00 5.79 31.89 0.36 1.02 0.83 1.17 6.58 2.15 47.84 0.07 0.41 1.05 .. 0.05 0.16 0.01 0.62 100.00 5.38 27.10 0.49 1.36 1.45 1.89 7.19 1.41 50.57 0.13 0.82 1.27 0.00 0.05 0.18 .. 0.70 Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue 100.00 6.60 8.06 0.67 6.52 14.86 11.59 16.14 4.00 2.08 21.45 2.92 3.97 .. 0.01 0.11 .. 1.02 100.00 7.26 11.20 0.71 7.58 11.41 10.03 17.28 5.43 2.45 19.95 2.23 3.26 .. .. 0.08 .. 1.14 100.00 6.24 6.30 0.64 5.92 16.80 12.48 15.49 3.20 1.88 22.29 3.30 4.37 .. 0.02 0.12 .. 0.95 Diseases of the osteomuscular system and of the conjunctive tissue 100.00 10.23 9.81 0.63 3.20 4.16 5.72 16.20 3.95 3.01 1.06 36.57 1.82 .. 0.01 0.07 0.01 3.55 100.00 10.56 13.51 0.47 2.65 2.93 4.24 13.80 5.87 3.22 0.98 36.14 2.06 .. 0.04 0.06 0.02 3.46 100.00 10.06 7.98 0.71 3.48 4.77 6.46 17.40 2.99 2.90 1.10 36.78 1.69 .. .. 0.08 .. 3.59 Diseases of the genitourinary system 100.00 11.80 14.56 0.62 5.73 5.66 5.36 20.37 5.95 4.43 0.46 1.38 22.50 0.00 0.02 0.15 0.00 1.00 100.00 12.90 19.13 0.54 5.42 3.94 4.33 19.33 7.16 4.61 0.32 1.04 20.17 .. 0.02 0.13 0.00 0.96 100.00 10.77 10.27 0.70 6.03 7.26 6.33 21.34 4.81 4.27 0.59 1.71 24.68 0.01 0.02 0.18 .. 1.03 Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium 100.00 2.08 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 33.33 62.50 2.08 .. .. 100.00 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 100.00 .. .. .. 100.00 3.03 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 48.48 45.45 3.03 .. .. Affections originated in the perinatal period 100.00 3.69 0.68 0.58 0.39 .. 1.75 1.07 1.26 0.39 .. 0.10 0.19 .. 78.83 10.29 0.29 0.49 100.00 3.26 0.72 0.54 0.36 .. 1.45 1.45 0.91 0.18 .. .. 0.18 .. 78.62 11.96 0.18 0.18 100.00 4.18 0.63 0.63 0.42 .. 2.09 0.63 1.67 0.63 .. 0.21 0.21 .. 79.08 8.37 0.42 0.84 Congenital malformations, deformities and chromosomal abnormalities 100.00 11.07 6.51 0.18 1.36 0.83 2.25 13.68 2.66 1.24 0.18 0.30 0.95 .. 2.31 55.71 0.06 0.71 100.00 11.71 6.77 0.23 0.80 0.92 2.18 12.86 3.56 0.92 0.34 0.11 0.69 .. 2.53 55.34 .. 1.03 100.00 10.39 6.23 0.12 1.96 0.73 2.32 14.55 1.71 1.59 .. 0.49 1.22 .. 2.08 56.11 0.12 0.37 Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not classified elsewhere 100.00 13.13 23.70 0.58 3.17 5.88 6.50 20.85 7.08 6.40 0.62 1.38 4.22 0.01 0.14 0.19 4.37 1.79 100.00 14.22 28.61 0.53 2.63 3.72 4.90 19.29 8.21 6.73 0.42 0.90 3.70 .. 0.14 0.20 3.80 1.98 100.00 12.09 19.02 0.63 3.69 7.94 8.03 22.33 5.99 6.09 0.81 1.84 4.70 0.01 0.13 0.17 4.91 1.60 External causes of mortality 100.00 4.12 6.93 0.25 1.09 8.19 7.62 10.29 4.03 3.20 0.12 1.50 1.21 .. 0.02 0.15 0.07 51.19 100.00 3.75 7.93 0.25 0.82 5.82 5.94 8.93 4.11 3.04 0.10 0.97 1.04 .. 0.01 0.14 0.09 57.06 100.00 4.61 5.62 0.25 1.45 11.31 9.84 12.07 3.92 3.41 0.15 2.21 1.43 .. 0.03 0.17 0.04 43.49 Notes: 1) Each row represents the distribution of the multiple causes of each CIE-10 chapter by the basic cause (CIE-10 chapters) of the certificate in which they are reported. For example, 19.81% of infectious diseases are reported in deaths from a basic tumor cause. Source: National Statistics Institute