72 Causes of Death

Cause of Death 72 Selected Causes	ICD-9
Shigellosis and Amebiasis	004, 006
Certain other intestinal infections	007-009
Tuberculosis	010-018
...of respiratory system	010-012
...other tuberculosis	013-018
Whooping Cough	33
Streptococcal sore throat, scarlatina and erysipelas	034-035
Meningococcal infection	36
Septicemia	38
Acute poliomyelitis	45
Measles	55
Viral hepatitis	70
Syphilis	090-097
All other infectious and parasitic diseases	001-003, 005, 020-032, 037, 039-044, 046-054, 056-066, 071-088, 098-139
Malignant neoplasms, including neoplasms of lymphatic and hematopoietic tissues	140-208
...of lip, oral cavity and pharynx	140-149
...of digestive organs and peritoneum	150-159
...of respiratory and intrathoracic organs	160-165
...of breast	174-175
...of genital organs	179-187
...of urinary organs	188-189
...of all other and unspecified sites	170-173, 190-199
Leukemia	204-208
Other malignant neoplasms of lymphatic and hematopoietic tissues	200-203
Benign neoplasms, carcinoma in situ and neoplasms of uncertain behavior and of unspecified nature	210-239
Diabetes mellitus	250
Nutritional deficiencies	260-269
Anemias	280-285
Meningitis	320-322
Major cardiovascular diseases	390-448
...Diseases of the heart	390-398, 402, 404-429
...Rheumatic fever and Rheumatic heart disease	390-398
...Hypertensive heart disease	402
...Hypertensive heart and renal disease	404
...Ischemic heart disease	410-414
...Acute myocardial infarction	410
...Other acute & subacute forms of ischemic heart disease	411
...Angina pectoris	413
...Old myocardial infarction and other forms of chronic ischemic heart disease	412, 414
...Other diseases of endocardium	424
...All other forms of heart disease	415-423, 425-429
Hypertension with or without renal disease	401, 403
Cerebrovascular diseases	430-438
...Intracerebral and other intracranial hemorrhage	431-432
...Cerebral thrombosis and unspecified occlusion of cerebral arteries	434.0, 434.9
...Cerebral embolism	434.1
...All other and late effects of cerebrovascular disease	430, 433, 435-438
...Atherosclerosis	440
...Other diseases of arteries, arterioles and capillaries	441-448
Acute bronchitis and bronchiolitis	466
Pneumonia and Influenza	480-487
...Pneumonia	480-486
...Influenza	487
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (C.O.P.D.) and allied conditions	490-496
Bronchitis, chronic and unspecified	490-491
...Emphysema	492
...Asthma	493
...Other C.O.P.D. and allied conditions	494-496
Ulcer of stomach and duodenum	531-533
Appendicitis	540-543
Hernia of abdominal cavity and intestinal, obstruction without mention of hernia	550-553, 560
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis	571
Cholelithiasis and other disorders of gallbladder	574-575
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis	580-589
...Acute glomerulonephritis and nephrotic syndrome	580-581
...Chronic glomerulonephritis, nephritis and nephropathy, not specified as acute or chronic, and renal sclerosis unspecified	582-583, 587
...Renal failure, disorders resulting from impaired renal function, and small kidney of unknown cause	584-586, 588-589
Infections of kidney	590
Hyperplasia of prostate	600
Complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium	630-676
...Pregnancy with abortive outcome	630-638
...Other complications	640-676
Congenital anomalies	740-759
Certain conditions originating in perinatal period	760-779
...Birth trauma, intrauterine hypoxia, birth asphyxia and respiratory distress syndrome	767-769
...Other conditions	760-766, 770-779
Symptoms, signs and ill-defined conditions	780-799
All other diseases	Residual
Accidents and adverse effects	E800-E949
...Motor vehicle accidents	E810-E825
...All other accidents and adverse effects	E800-E807, E826-E949
Suicide	E950-E959
Homicide and legal intervention	E960-E978
All other external causes	E980-E999

Human immunodeficiency virus infection**	042-044
Alzheimer disease**	331.0
**HIV and Alzheimer's disease are included in other infectious and parasitic diseases and all other diseases respectively these two causes can be found in the 40 selected rankable cause list.

Those causes shaded are not included as specific causes in cause of death queries