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Table 1 Deaths in the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 2011 by ICD-10 categories*

From: Place of death in the Czech Republic and Slovakia: a population based comparative study using death certificates data

ICD-10 category

Country

Total

CZ

SK

I. Certain infectious and parasitic diseases

N

1319

414

1733

%

1.3%

0.8%

1.1%

II. Neoplasms

N

26166

12071

38237

%

26.2%

23.3%

25.2%

IV. Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases

N

2634

714

3348

%

2.6%

1.4%

2.2%

VI. Diseases of the nervous system

N

2013

763

2776

%

2.0%

1.5%

1.8%

IX. Diseases of the circulatory system

N

49163

27306

76469

%

49.2%

52.6%

50.4%

X. Diseases of the respiratory system

N

5396

3269

8665

%

5.4%

6.3%

5.7%

XI. Diseases of the digestive system

N

4354

2870

7224

%

4.4%

5.5%

4.8%

XIV. Diseases of the genitourinary system

N

1166

680

1846

%

1.2%

1.3%

1.2%

XIX. Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

N

5352

2821

8173

%

5.4%

5.4%

5.4%

Other categoriesa

N

2375

995

3370

%

2.4%

1.9%

2.2%

Total

N

99938

51903

151841

 

%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

  1. Missing CZ N = 2447, 1.6%.
  2. *There was a significant association between ICD-10 category and country, tested by χ 2 Pearson test, p < .001.
  3. aIII,V,VII,VIII,XII,XIII,XV-XVIII, each caused less than 1% of deaths.