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Table 1 Number of deaths and crude mortality rates obtained with different selection criteria (ICD-10 codes) by analysis of the underlying cause of death and of multiple causes of death; etiology of chronic liver diseases in the multiple causes of death analysis

From: Descriptive epidemiology of chronic liver disease in northeastern Italy: an analysis of multiple causes of death

  Selection 1 Selection 2 Selection 3
ICD-10 codes selected K70, K73, K74 B18, K70, K73, K74, K76.6, K76.9 B15-B19, B94.2, I85.0, I98.2, C22, K70-K76, R17, R18
Underlying cause of death analysis    
Number of deaths 1694 2296 4141
Crude rate (× 105) 11.6 15.7 28.3
Multiple causes of death analysis    
Number of deaths 4685 5941 9957
Crude rate (× 105) 32.0 40.6 68.1
Etiology, n (%):    
Hepatitis C virus (B17.1, B18.2) 1000 (21%) 1756 (30%) 1763 (18%)
Hepatitis B virus (B16, B18.0, B18.1) 130 (3%) 258 (4%) 265 (3%)
Alcohol (F10, K70) 1215 (26%) 1221 (20%) 1233 (12%)
Other/not reported 2463 (53%) 2859 (48%) 6850 (69%)
  1. Veneto region, 2008–2010.
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