Underlying Cause of Death ICD-10 ICD-9
Comparability Ratio
AIDS B20-B24 042-044
1.06
Alcohol-induced F10,G31.2,G62.1,I42.6,
K29.2,K70,R78.0,
X45,X65,Y15
291,303,305.0,357.5,425.5,
535.3,571.0-571.3,
790.3,E860
0.97
Alzheimer's Disease G30 331.0
1.55
Cancer C00-C97
140-208
1.01
Chronic Liver Disease K70,K73-K74
571
1.04
Chronic Lower
Respiratory Disease
J40-J47 490-494,496
1.05
Diabetes-related E10-E14
250
1.01
Heart disease I00-I09,I11,I13,I20-I51 390-398,402,404,410-429
0.99
Homicide X85-Y09,Y87.1 E960-E969
1.00
Kidney disease N00-N07,N17-N19,N25-N27 580-589
1.23
Pneumonia & Influenza J10-J18
480-487
0.70
Septicemia A40-A41
038
1.19
Stroke I60-I69
430-434,436-438
1.06
Suicide X60-X84,Y87.0
E950-E959
1.00
Unintentional Injury V01-X59,Y85-Y86
E800-E869,E880-E929
1.03

Note: The underlying cause of death is the condition giving rise to the chain of events leading to death. Between January 1, 1979 and December 31, 1998, the underlying causes of death were classified in accordance with the Ninth Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-9), a coding structure developed by the Word Health Organization (WHO). Starting January 1, 1999, causes of death were classified using the Tenth Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10). Because the underlying cause of death is classified differently between revisions, health statistics based on one revision are not directly comparible to the other revision without the use of the comparability ratio.