Data sources

International Classification of Diseases (ICD) codes
 

Data sources

    Secular trends in mortality

    		 Office for National Statistics. 20th Century Mortality (England & Wales 1901-1995) [CD Rom]; update discs for 1996-9
    World Health Organization. Annual Epidemiological and Vital Statistics, 1947-61
    World Health Organization. World Health Statistics Annuals, 1950-96
    World Health Organization Statistics Information System (2000) www.who.int/whosis
    Secular trends in mean per capita fat consumption Systematic review of all published nutritional surveys. Advisory Panel on Diet in relation to Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease. Diet and coronary heart disease. London: Her Majesty’s Staionery Office, 1974
    Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food. Plant, M. Trends in alcohol and illicit drug-related diseases. In: Charlton J, Murphy M, eds. The health of adult Britain 1841-1994. London: The Stationery Office, 1997:114-27
    National Food Survey.Sasaki S, Kesteloot H. Value of Food and Agriculture Organization data on food-balance sheets as a data source for dietary fat intake in epidemiologic studies. Am J Clin Nutr 1992;56:716-23
    Secular trends in mean per capita alcohol consumption Brewers and Licensed Retailers Association. Kim HJ, Fay, MP, Feuer EJ, Midthune DN. Permutation tests for joinpoint regression with applications to cancer rates. Stat Med 2000;19:335-51
    Geographical variations in mortality World Health Organization. World Health Statistics Annuals, 1990-6
    World Health Organization Statistics Information System (2000) www.who.int/whosis
    Geographical estimates of mean per capita fat consumption Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (2000) apps.fao.org/page/collections?subset=nutrition
    Geographical estimates of sex ratio of smoking prevalence World Health Organization European Health for All statistical database (2000) www.who.dk/country/country.htm

    Websites accessed 10 August 2001.

 
 

International Classification of Diseases (ICD) codes used to define the diseases examined

     

    1921-30

    ICD-3
    1931-39

    ICD-4
    1940-49

    ICD-5
    1950-57

    ICD-6
    1958-67

    ICD-7
    1968-78

    ICD-8
    1979-98

    ICD-9
    Coronary heart disease
    89; 90(5,7); 

    91b(2)
    93-94;

    97(3)
    93-94
    420; 422;

    450
    420; 422;

    450
    410-414
    410-414
    Stroke
    74-75; 83;

    91b (1)
    82; 97
    83; 97
    330-334; 

    352
    330-334;

    352
    293;

    430-438;

    344
    290.4;

    430-438;

    342; 344
    Other circulatory diseases
    87-88;

    90(1-4,6,8,9)

    91a,c; 92-96
    90-92;

    95-96;

    98-100;

    102-103
    90-92;

    95-103
    400-419;

    421;

    430-467;
    400-419;

    421;

    430-467
    415-429;

    439-458
    415-429;

    439-458
    Lung cancer
     

     

     

    47b
    162
    162
    162
    Renal disease
    128-133
    130-134
    130-134
    590-603
    590-603
    580-593
    580-593
    Respiratory disease
    99-107
    106-114
    106-114
    490-502;

    518-527
    490-502;

    518-527
    480-519
    480-519
    Ill defined diseases
    204-205
    199-200
    199-200
    780-799
    780-799
    780-799
    780-799
 
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