Person–years at risk, standardised mortality rates (SMR) per 100 000 person–years, and total deaths and distribution of leading causes of death, according to educational level
| Educational level | Person–years | SMR | Total deaths and distribution of leading causes of death* | ||||||||||
| Total deaths | AIDS (%) | Cancer (%) | Diabetes mellitus (%) | Cardiovascular diseases (%) | Respiratory diseases (%) | Digestive diseases (%) | External causes (%) | Other causes (%) | |||||
| 25–44 years | |||||||||||||
| First level or no education | 176 648 | 115 | 215 | 9.3 | 33.7 | 0.0 | 7.6 | 8.7 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 25.0 | ||
| Second level, first cycle | 370 318 | 72 | 278 | 9.0 | 43.6 | 0.0 | 9.9 | 5.8 | 4.0 | 10.8 | 16.6 | ||
| Second level, second cycle or higher | 980 663 | 56 | 489 | 3.9 | 48.3 | 0.5 | 7.9 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 15.3 | 16.9 | ||
| Total | 1 527 629 | 66 | 981 | 6.5 | 43.8 | 0.3 | 8.4 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 12.4 | 19.0 | ||
| 45–64 years | |||||||||||||
| First level or no education | 452 691 | 296 | 1464 | 0.5 | 56.9 | 0.7 | 14.7 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 4.1 | 13.6 | ||
| Second level, first cycle | 309 948 | 284 | 829 | 0.0 | 62.7 | 0.5 | 14.0 | 2.9 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 11.0 | ||
| Second level, second cycle or higher | 305 351 | 292 | 786 | 0.3 | 62.7 | 0.3 | 9.5 | 3.2 | 5.6 | 4.6 | 13.8 | ||
| Total | 1 067 989 | 290 | 3079 | 0.3 | 59.9 | 0.5 | 13.2 | 3.7 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 13.0 | ||
| 65 years and over | |||||||||||||
| First level or no education | 562 411 | 3095 | 21 009 | 0.0 | 19.1 | 2.7 | 38.9 | 12.9 | 5.8 | 1.4 | 19.3 | ||
| Second level, first cycle | 97 563 | 2727 | 2616 | 0.0 | 22.9 | 1.8 | 35.6 | 12.0 | 5.1 | 1.6 | 20.9 | ||
| Second level, second cycle or higher | 83 901 | 2579 | 2151 | 0.0 | 22.7 | 1.6 | 38.2 | 12.5 | 5.2 | 1.6 | 18.2 | ||
| Total | 743 874 | 3002 | 25 776 | 0.0 | 19.8 | 2.5 | 38.5 | 12.7 | 5.6 | 1.4 | 19.4 | ||
Women in the Region of Madrid, 2001–2003.
*The leading causes of death correspond to the following codes of the International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision (ICD-10): AIDS (B20–B24), cancer (C00–C97), diabetes mellitus (E10–E14), cardiovascular disease (I00–I99), respiratory diseases (J00–J99), digestive diseases (K00–K93) and external causes (V00–Y99).