Relative importance of avoidable death causes (EC list) for women by time period. Belgium. Standardised YPLL rates/100 000
| EC avoidable causes (in decreasing order for Period 1) | YPLL (standardised rates/100 000) | Ranks | Ratio P4/P1*100 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period 1 | Period 2 | Period 3 | Period 4 | ||||
| 1974–1978 | 1980–1984 | 1985–1989 | 1990–94 | P1 | P4 | ||
| Motor vehicle accidents | 355.2 | 297.7 | 265.8 | 245.9 | 1 | 2 | 69.2 |
| Malignant neoplasm of the breast | 266.7 | 282.4 | 277.2 | 262.1 | 2 | 1 | 98.3 |
| Hypertensive and cerebrovascular disease | 194.2 | 151.3 | 136.6 | 106.7 | 3 | 3 | 54.9 |
| Ischaemic heart disease | 166.5 | 135.7 | 103.8 | 80.8 | 4 | 4 | 48.5 |
| Malignant neoplasm of the cervix/uterus body | 70.3 | 57.5 | 52.8 | 49.2 | 5 | 7 | 70.0 |
| Cirrhosis of liver | 65.2 | 67.4 | 71.8 | 64.6 | 6 | 6 | 99.1 |
| Malignant neoplasm of the trachea, bronchus and lung | 46.8 | 48.5 | 57.4 | 73.1 | 7 | 5 | 156.2 |
| Asthma | 34.5 | 35.4 | 25.5 | 21.4 | 8 | 8 | 62.0 |
| Congenital cardiovascular anomalies | 29.1 | 24.5 | 14.3 | 12.8 | 9 | 9 | 44.0 |
| Hodgkin's disease | 20.9 | 14.1 | 12.8 | 5.2 | 10 | 10 | 24.9 |
| Chronic rheumatic heart disease | 15.7 | 3.3 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 11 | 16 | 5.1 |
| Maternal mortality | 12.7 | 7.6 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 12 | 11 | 38.6 |
| Tuberculosis | 11.0 | 5.4 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 13 | 13 | 24.5 |
| Cholelithiasis and cholecystitis | 6.3 | 2.8 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 14 | 15 | 17.5 |
| Peptic ulcers | 6.1 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 15 | 12 | 72.1 |
| Malignant neoplasm of the skin (non-melanoma) | 2.8 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 16 | 14 | 78.6 |
| Appendicitis | 2.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 17 | 17 | 26.9 |
| Abdominal hernia | 1.7 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 18 | 18 | 29.4 |
| All causes | 3223.2 | 2882.7 | 2542.2 | 2362.9 | 73.3 | ||
| Total EC avoidable causes | 1308.3 | 1140.9 | 1035.1 | 939.1 | 71.8 | ||
| In % of all causes | 40.6% | 39.6% | 40.7% | 39.7% | |||