Table 2

Differences and incompatibilities between original underlying cause of death and final main condition, Basic Tabulation List level, by ICD Chapter of original underlying cause of death and sex. All deaths within one year from discharge, Sweden, 1995 (n=69 818)

				Different final main condition
					Final main condition incompatible with original underlying cause of death
ICD-9 Chapter		Sex	Original underlying cause of death Number	Number	Number	% of differing cases
I	Infectious and parasitic diseases	M	310	205	55	26.8
		F	327	213	65	30.5
II	Neoplasms	M	10545	2883	1185	41.1
		F	9845	2837	1243	43.8
III	Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases, and immunity disorders	M	832	623	130	20.9
		F	776	587	120	20.4
IV	Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs	M	147	101	39	38.6
		F	163	99	40	40.4
V	Mental disorders	M	538	394	207	52.5
		F	626	501	288	57.5
VI	Diseases of the nervous system and sense organs	M	462	286	86	30.1
		F	369	216	62	28.7
VII	Diseases of the circulatory system	M	16370	10502	3395	32.3
		F	15989	10531	3897	37.0
VIII	Diseases of the respiratory system	M	2912	1905	699	36.7
		F	2366	1615	601	37.2
IX	Diseases of the digestive system	M	1243	622	210	33.8
		F	1330	668	215	32.2
X	Diseases of the genitourinary system	M	587	417	133	31.9
		F	408	281	90	32.0
XI	Complications of pregnancy and childbirth	F	4	1	1	100.0
XII	Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue	M	37	30	17	56.7
		F	65	47	23	48.9
XIII	Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue	M	104	84	32	38.1
		F	220	169	47	27.8
XIV	Congenital anomalies	M	95	53	8	15.1
		F	71	52	14	26.9
XV	Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period	M	30	21	3	14.3
		F	21	13	4	30.8
XVI	Symptoms, signs and ill defined conditions	M	239	218	184	84.4
		F	346	308	256	83.1
E	External causes of injuries and poisoning	M	1385	928	499	53.8
		F	1056	613	282	46.0
Total		M	35836	19272	6882	35.7
		F	33982	18751	7248	38.7
		M+F	69818	38023	14130	37.2