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The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998

1D deaths

Table 1D1 Deaths, by cause and sex, 1987, 1996 and 1997

Cause of death	Males			Females
Cause of death	1987	1996	1997	1987	1996	1997
All causes	30,384	29,223	28,305	31,630	31,448	31,189

Intestinal infectious disease	5	10	7	4	12	12
Tuberculosis	24	28	38	18	21	27
Other infectious and parasitic diseases	95	212	167	104	210	180
Malignant neoplasms	7,563	7,707	7,538	7,087	7,464	7,351
Benign neoplasms	13	12	11	23	28	18
Other and unspecified neoplasms	54	89	61	53	114	75
Endocrine and metabolic diseases, immunity disorders	324	303	354	394	402	366
Nutritional deficiencies	6	7	1	6	9	6
Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs	78	76	96	112	105	104
Mental disorders	359	645	657	559	950	954
Diseases of the nervous system and sense organs	373	436	431	415	416	469
Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease	46	28	47	196	126	138
Hypertensive disease	118	119	127	206	162	167
Ischaemic heart disease	9,967	7,887	7,355	8,438	6,760	6,658
Other heart disease	855	1,188	1,124	1,367	1,875	1,776
Cerebrovascular disease	3,066	2,649	2,609	5,159	4,479	4,350
Other diseases of the circulatory system	724	723	757	915	727	803
Diseases of the respiratory system	3,443	3,611	3,528	3,350	4,248	4,363
Diseases of the digestive system	813	1,160	1,158	1,102	1,278	1,270
Diseases of the genitourinary system	369	364	371	473	475	533
Complications of pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium	-	-	-	2	6	4
Diseases of the skin, musculo-skeletal system and connective tissue	83	92	79	248	235	276
Congenital anomalies	108	101	95	117	91	87
Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period	139	104	82	91	77	58
Signs, symptoms and ill-defined conditions	140	154	148	124	182	235
Accidents and adverse effects	1,051	789	739	822	734	674
Suicide and self-inflicted injury	368	435	451	154	161	148
Homicide and other violence	200	280	274	91	98	87

Source: General Register Office (Scotland)