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Table 1 Differences in ICD-10 codes included in selected ranking categories in lists used by government of Japan, Korea, Taiwan, the United States (US), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)

From: Changes in the rankings of leading causes of death in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan from 1998 to 2018: a comparison of three ranking lists

 

Japan

Korea

Taiwan

US

WHO

IHME

No. of categories

39

56

40

52

65

137

Broad categories in government lists but are split in the WHO and the IHME lists

  Cancer

C00-C97

C00-C97

C00-C97

C00-C97

17 categories

29 categories

  Heart disease

I01-I02.0, I05-I09, I20-I25, I27, I30-I52

I20-I51

I01-I02.0, I05-I09, I20-I25, I27, I30-I52

I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51

8 categories

10 categories

  Accidents

V01-X59

5 categories

V01-X59, Y85-Y86

V01-X59, Y85-Y86

6 categories

13 categories

Some categories combined

  Dementia

F01-F03

NA

F01-F03

NA

F01,F03,G30

F00-F03.9, G30-G31.1, G31.8-G31.9

  Alzheimer disease

G30

G30

G30

G30

  Influenza

J10-J11

J09-J11

J10-J11

J10-J18

J10-J18

A48.1, A70, B97.4-B97.6, J09-J15.8, J16-J16.9, J20-J21.9, U04-U04.9

  Chronic lower respiratory diseases

J41-J44

J40-J47

J40-J47

J40-J47

J40-J47

J41-J44.9

J45-J46

J45-J46.9

Similar category name, but are slightly different in ICD-10 codes included

  Diabetes mellitus

E10-E14

E10-E14

E10-E14

E10-E14

E10-E14

E10-E10.1, E10.3-E11.1, E11.3-E11.9

  Parkinson disease

G20

NA

G20-G21

G20-G21

G20

G20-G20.9

  Hypertension

I10-I15

I10-I13

I10-I15

I10, I12

I10-I15

I11-I11.9

  Cirrhosis and other diseases of liver

K70-K77

K70-K76

K70, K73-K74

K70, K73-K74

K70-K76

B18-B18.9, I85-I85.9, I98.2, K70-K70.3, K71.7, K74-K74.9, K75.2, K75.4-K76.2, K76.4-K76.9, K77.8

  1. The complete categories in each ranking list was illustrated in Supplementary Table S1, S2, S3, S4, S5 and S6