Changes in mortality rates and causes of death in a population-based cohort of persons living with and without HIV from 1996 to 2012

Table 1 Causes of death categories and the applicable ICD 9 and 10 codes

Cause of death	ICD 9 code	ICD 10 code
HIV/AIDS-related	042-044	B20-B24
Cancer^a	140-239	C00-D48
Cardiovascular diseases	410-414, 428, 430-438, 362.3	I00-I99
Chronic respiratory diseases	491, 492, 496, 493	J40-J46
Drug abuse and overdose	304, 305, E850-E858	F10-F19, F55, X40-X45, T40
Hepatic and liver diseases	070, 570-572, 275, 456, 155, 782.4	B15-B19, K70-K77
Neurologic disorders	320-327, 330-359	F03, G00-G99
Renal diseases	250.4, 403-404, 580-590, 593, 792.5, V45.1, V42.0	N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27
Suicides	E950-E959	X60-X84, Y87.0
Unintentional injuries (including accidents)^b	800-999, E800-E999	V01-Y89
Other infectious and parasitic diseases^c	001-139, 480-487	A00-B99, J10-J18
Other causes	All codes not previously listed	All codes not previously listed

Legend: ICD International Classification of Diseases
^aSince deaths from cancers such as Kaposi sarcoma, cervical cancer and Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma are typically regarded as AIDS-defining; we grouped codes for such deaths occurring within the HIV-infected cohort under the ‘HIV-related’ cause of death category and excluded them from the ‘cancer’ category. The applicable codes are: 176, 180, 200, 202 (ICD 9) and C46, C53, C82 C83 (ICD 10)
^bExcludes suicides, drug abuse and overdose codes
^cExcludes HIV and viral hepatitis codes

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