Table 2

Age standardised death rates for selected causes of death in the two parts of Germany and Poland: 1991/92 and 1996/972-150

East GermanyWest GermanyPoland
MalesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemales
199219971992199719921997199219971991199619911996
All causes1505.231276.96911.15747.781213.261110.62736.02682.381809.341620.901033.68957.54
Infectious diseases5.144.002.472.5712.8611.726.007.0915.1711.415.114.18
Neoplasms322.13309.31188.54173.14324.54298.84191.44178.13351.66363.53182.78187.84
 respiratory cancer90.1585.4611.9314.1586.4879.1315.5617.50131.27133.1418.7420.59
 breast cancer29.7226.0535.4834.3424.0025.97
 prostate/cervix cancer30.6133.4014.7711.2139.3336.529.648.4321.9326.0018.3017.32
Circulatory diseases761.43623.77510.75408.61552.30492.65361.07325.811043.06896.86667.42603.44
 ischaemic heart disease370.62338.92207.77191.68255.43230.06127.51120.61236.99198.0884.4278.36
 cerebrovascular disease183.66142.38148.28112.64115.6397.2493.3277.08112.29119.8588.0298.73
Respiratory diseases103.0377.8937.3127.0191.0583.2934.2035.2093.0881.6532.5833.41
 bronchitis, emphysema, asthma62.5246.5515.7311.9141.9925.8593.3277.0858.9944.2214.2810.49
Digestive diseases88.8673.5443.335.1055.0050.7431.8730.3457.3656.5631.3030.00
 chronic liver disease and cirrhosis51.7144.8317.3715.5428.2225.7512.2911.0022.3722.568.677.93
Other diseases94.8284.8869.2060.8283.0587.7962.2362.7492.9079.3568.9758.64
External causes109.2182.9946.8529.8064.2155.7729.2623.47156.11131.5345.5240.04
 motor vehicle accidents33.8924.0110.187.6016.5214.065.874.6349.0836.5911.459.06
 accidental poisoning3.171.021.580.270.320.300.180.1717.0712.913.352.00
 accidental falls19.7314.0916.238.8312.5610.3510.347.4522.6820.9415.7216.14
 suicide32.0027.4110.857.5122.2820.507.836.7730.6530.775.195.27
  • 2-150 Standardised to the European population,43 ages 0–85 years.