Table 2 Causes of death by educational status, total cohort1 aged 25–64, 2000–2017 Percentage for each educational group
From: Educational level, ethnicity and mortality rates in Israel: national data linkage study
Cause of death/years of education | Total deaths for cause (N) | 8 or less | 9–11 | 12 | 13–15 | 16 or more | Total* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Males | |||||||
Total deaths (number) | 25,306 | 24,944 | 25,746 | 18,150 | 14,185 | 108,331 | |
Infectious diseases (A00-B99) | 3865 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) | 37,019 | 29.2 | 31.9 | 33.3 | 39.0 | 42.4 | 34.2 |
Diabetes (E10-E14) | 5678 | 7.1 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 5.2 |
Dementia (F01-F03) | 537 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
Heart disease (I00-I09,I11,I13,I20-I51) | 15,584 | 15.9 | 14.4 | 13.7 | 13.6 | 13.8 | 14.4 |
Cerebrovascular disease (I60-I69) | 4530 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.2 |
Respiratory diseases (J00-J99)) | 5884 | 8.0 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 5.4 |
Ill-defined (R95-R99) | 8687 | 7.2 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 8.0 |
Other natural causes | 17,154 | 17.1 | 15.8 | 15.9 | 15.3 | 14.2 | 15.8 |
Accidents (V01-X59,Y85-Y86) | 4460 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.1 |
Suicide (X60-X84,X87.0) | 2721 | 1.0 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 2.5 |
Homicide (X85-Y09,Y87.1) | 865 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.8 |
Other external causes | 1347 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.2 |
Females | |||||||
Total deaths (number) | 17,287 | 12,001 | 13,753 | 15,351 | 8,069 | 66,461 | |
Infectious diseases (A00-B99) | 2304 | 5.1 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 3.5 |
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) | 33,342 | 33.2 | 46.1 | 55.4 | 60.4 | 64.2 | 50.2 |
Diabetes (E10-E14) | 3441 | 8.9 | 6.0 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 5.2 |
Dementia (F01-F03) | 390 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
Heart disease (I00-I09,I11,I13,I20-I51) | 5782 | 13.0 | 9.0 | 7.3 | 6.5 | 5.6 | 8.7 |
Cerebrovascular disease (I60-I69) | 2531 | 5.4 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.8 |
Respiratory diseases (J00-J99)) | 2881 | 6.6 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 4.3 |
Ill-defined (R95-R99) | 2775 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.2 |
Other natural causes | 10,198 | 19.7 | 16.5 | 14.0 | 12.9 | 11.1 | 15.3 |
Accidents (V01-X59,Y85-Y86) | 1423 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
Suicide (X60-X84,X87.0) | 713 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.1 |
Homicide (X85-Y09,Y87.1) | 247 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
Other external causes | 434 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 |