Table 3 Descriptive analysis: total number of Deaths and crude death rates by sex and cause of death in Lisbon Metropolitan Area (aggregated period, 1995–2008)
Causes of Death | Number of Deathsa | Crude Rates (total population, per 1000) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | |
Infectious and parasitic disease | 13,533 | 9665 | 3868 | 5.1 | 7.6 | 2.8 |
Malignant neoplasm (MN) stomach | 7696 | 4713 | 2983 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 2.2 |
MN colon, rectum, anus and anal canal | 12,530 | 7008 | 5522 | 4.7 | 5.5 | 4.0 |
MN larynx, trachea, bronchus and lung | 13,550 | 11,169 | 2381 | 5.1 | 8.8 | 1.7 |
MN female breast | 6710 | 6710 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 4.8 | |
MN prostate | 5643 | 5643 | 2.1 | 4.4 | 0.0 | |
Diabetes mellitus | 12,723 | 5525 | 7198 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 5.2 |
Dementias | 1787 | 688 | 1099 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.8 |
Ischemic heart disease | 45,392 | 23,552 | 21,840 | 17.1 | 18.5 | 15.8 |
Cerebrovascular disease | 57,347 | 23,437 | 33,910 | 21.5 | 18.4 | 24.5 |
Chronic liver disease | 5271 | 4149 | 1122 | 2.0 | 3.3 | 0.8 |
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings | 20,590 | 10,295 | 10,295 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 7.4 |
Transport injuries | 6022 | 4486 | 1536 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 1.1 |
Suicide and intentional self-harm | 3267 | 2447 | 820 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 0.6 |
Total of the 14 causes of death | 212,113 | 112,829 | 99,284 | 79.7 | 88.4 | 71.6 |
Total Deaths | 355,363 | 183,955 | 171,408 | 133.5 | 144.2 | 123.7 |