Deaths according to Cause of Death 
Multiple causes of death
Multiple causes of death and ratio between basic cause and multiple causes by chapters from the 10th revision of the ICD and sex.
Units: specified in variables

	Both sexes			Males			Females			
	Multiple causes (MC)(Total)	Basic cause (BC)(Total)	Ratio (BC/MC)(Percentage)	Multiple causes (MC)(Total)	Basic cause (BC)(Total)	Ratio (BC/MC)(Percentage)	Multiple causes (MC)(Total)	Basic cause (BC)(Total)	Ratio (BC/MC)(Percentage)	
All causes	1,633,018	450,744	27.60	835,662	231,410	27.69	797,356	219,334	27.51	
Infectious and parasitic diseases	72,212	46,001	63.70	39,595	25,728	64.98	32,617	20,273	62.15	
Tumours	196,778	113,662	57.76	117,599	67,844	57.69	79,179	45,818	57.87	
Diseases of the blood and haematopoeitic organs, and certain disorders affecting the immune system	16,074	2,205	13.72	7,848	985	12.55	8,226	1,220	14.83	
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases	77,789	15,124	19.44	36,652	6,724	18.35	41,137	8,400	20.42	
Mental and behavioural disorders	47,930	20,512	42.80	18,966	7,130	37.59	28,964	13,382	46.20	
Diseases of the nervous system and the sense organs	54,501	25,014	45.90	24,455	10,085	41.24	30,046	14,929	49.69	
Diseases of the circulatory system	502,766	119,196	23.71	242,587	55,905	23.05	260,179	63,291	24.33	
Diseases of the respiratory system	247,394	35,543	14.37	138,813	20,737	14.94	108,581	14,806	13.64	
Diseases of the digestive system	64,941	22,563	34.74	35,344	11,627	32.90	29,597	10,936	36.95	
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue	9,798	2,021	20.63	3,756	733	19.52	6,042	1,288	21.32	
Diseases of the osteomuscular system and of the conjunctive tissue	13,950	5,113	36.65	4,858	1,706	35.12	9,092	3,407	37.47	
Diseases of the genitourinary system	84,586	16,458	19.46	40,591	6,913	17.03	43,995	9,545	21.70	
Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium	60	11	18.33	23	..	..	37	11	29.73	
Affections originated in the perinatal period	1,002	528	52.69	573	299	52.18	429	229	53.38	
Congenital malformations, deformities and chromosomal abnormalities	1,583	833	52.62	817	431	52.75	766	402	52.48	
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not classified elsewhere	203,905	9,129	4.48	101,566	3,874	3.81	102,339	5,255	5.13	
External causes of mortality	37,749	16,831	44.59	21,619	10,689	49.44	16,130	6,142	38.08	
Notes:
1) The ratio represents the number of times that a cause appears as a basic cause for every 100 times that it has been reported  in the medical death certificates, that is, as a multiple cause.
Source: National Statistics Institute