Causes of death by country, sex and age group

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In 2003 in United Kingdom, Scotland the leading causes of death for men in that age group were:
  1. 28 deaths from:
    • Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of opioids - Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of opioids, dependence syndrome (F112)
  2. 11 deaths from:
    • Car occupant injured in collision with fixed or stationary object - Car occupant injured in collision with fixed or stationary object, driver, traffic accident (V475)
  3. 8 deaths from:
    • Intentional self-harm by hanging, strangulation and suffocation - Intentional self-harm by hanging, strangulation and suffocation, home (X700)
  4. 6 deaths from:
    • Mental and behavioural disorders due to multiple drug use and use of other psychoactive substances - Mental and behavioural disorders due to multiple drug use and use of other psychoactive substances, dependence syndrome (F192)
  5. 4 deaths from:
    • Epilepsy - Epilepsy, unspecified (G409)
  6. 4 deaths from:
    • Intentional self-harm by hanging, strangulation and suffocation - Intentional self-harm by hanging, strangulation and suffocation, other specified places (X708)
  7. 4 deaths from:
    • Assault by sharp object - Assault by sharp object, home (X990)
  8. 4 deaths from:
    • Motorcycle rider injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van - Motorcycle rider injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van, driver, traffic accident (V234)
  9. 3 deaths from:
    • Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol - Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol, dependence syndrome (F102)

All data comes from the World Health Organisation Statistical Information System. Causes of death are coded using the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10).

The numbers in brackets represent your chance of dying of that cause in that year. These are calculated as (deaths of that cause in that country, age group and sex that year) / (population of that country, age group and sex that year).

You can download the original data from the WHO Mortality Database.