Objective Number |
Cause of Death** |
ICD-9 Identifying Codes |
3-1 |
Cancer (all sites) |
140-208 |
3-2 |
Lung cancer |
162 |
3-3 |
Female breast cancer |
174 |
3-4 |
Cervical cancer |
180 |
3-5 |
Colorectal cancer |
153-154 |
3-6 |
Oropharyngeal cancer |
140-149 |
3-7 |
Prostate cancer |
185 |
3-8 |
Malignant melanoma |
172 |
4-2 |
Cardiovascular mortality in ESRD patients |
Underlying cause: 390-448 |
5-5† |
Diabetes-related deaths |
250 |
5-6† |
Diabetes-related deaths among known persons with diabetes |
250 |
5-7† |
Cardiovascular deaths among persons with diabetes |
Underlying cause: 390-448 |
10-4 |
Food allergies |
Developmental |
12-1 |
Coronary heart disease |
402, 410-414, 429.2 |
12-7 |
Stroke |
430-438 |
13-14 |
HIV infection |
*042-*044 |
15-3 |
Firearm-related deaths |
E922, E955.0-E955.4, E965.0-E965.4, E970, E985.0- E985.4 |
Poisoning |
E850-E869, E950-E952, E962, E972, E980-E982 |
|
15-9 |
Suffocation |
E911-E913, E953, E963, E983 |
15-13 |
Unintentional injuries |
E800-E869, E880-E929 |
15-15 |
Motor vehicle crashes |
E810-E819 |
15-16 |
Pedestrian deaths |
E810-E819‡ |
15-25 |
Residential fires |
E890-E899 |
15-27 |
Falls |
E880-E886, E888 |
15-29 |
Drownings |
E830, E832, E910 |
15-32 |
Homicides |
E960-E969 |
16-1f |
Birth defects |
740-759 |
16-1g |
Congenital heart and vascular defects |
745-747 |
16-1h |
Sudden infant death syndrome |
798.0 |
16-4 |
Maternal deaths |
630-676 |
18-1 |
Suicide |
E950-E959 |
20-4† |
Pneumoconiosis |
500-505 |
24-1 |
Asthma |
493 |
24-10 |
Chronic obstructive pulmonary |
490-496 |
26-1 |
Motor-vehicle crash
deaths: |
E810-E819‡ |
26-2 |
Cirrhosis |
571 |
26-3 |
Drug-induced deaths |
292, 304, 305.2-305.9, E850-E858, E950.0-E950.5, E962.0, E980.0-E980.5 |
*The “*” used in ICD-9 *042-*044 indicates that the codes were added after the classification was adopted.
**Unless otherwise specified, Healthy People 2010 uses underlying cause-of-death data.
†Healthy People 2010 uses multiple-cause-of-death data.
‡Includes only those deaths assigned to E810-E819 that were associated with alcohol-related or drug-related crashes.
NOTE: See Part B: Operational Definitions for more information.