Relative importance of avoidable death causes (EC list) for men 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 | 1149.7 | 1015.0 | 887.8 | 861.6 | 1 | 1 | 74.9 |
| Ischaemic heart disease | 753.8 | 603.5 | 452.6 | 343.8 | 2 | 2 | 45.6 |
| Malignant neoplasm of the trachea, bronchus and lung | 366.2 | 370.4 | 355.1 | 316.0 | 3 | 3 | 86.3 |
| Hypertensive and cerebrovascular disease | 243.7 | 188.9 | 170.4 | 128.8 | 4 | 5 | 52.9 |
| Cirrhosis of liver | 122.2 | 140.0 | 134.6 | 132.7 | 5 | 4 | 108.6 |
| Congenital cardiovascular anomalies | 39.2 | 26.6 | 22.0 | 18.2 | 6 | 7 | 46.4 |
| Asthma | 35.2 | 36.7 | 31.8 | 27.0 | 7 | 6 | 76.7 |
| Hodgkin's disease | 34.4 | 29.8 | 13.9 | 12.7 | 8 | 8 | 36.9 |
| Tuberculosis | 30.0 | 14.0 | 7.7 | 4.1 | 9 | 12 | 13.7 |
| Chronic rheumatic heart disease | 18.8 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 10 | 14 | 4.3 |
| Peptic ulcers | 18.7 | 14.3 | 10.3 | 8.9 | 11 | 9 | 47.6 |
| Malignant neoplasm of the testis | 12.4 | 8.4 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 12 | 10 | 49.2 |
| Appendicitis | 5.1 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 13 | 16 | 3.9 |
| Malignant neoplasm of the skin (non-melanoma) | 3.2 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 14 | 11 | 140.6 |
| Cholelithiasis and cholecystitis | 3.2 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 15 | 13 | 31.3 |
| Abdominal hernia | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 16 | 15 | 20.8 |
| All causes | 6051.6 | 5537.1 | 4919.8 | 4697.5 | 77.6 | ||
| Total EC avoidable causes | 2838.2 | 2456.4 | 2099.1 | 1864.6 | 65.7 | ||
| In % of all causes | 46.9% | 44.4% | 42.7% | 39.6% | |||