Cause of death categories | ICD-9 codes (1983–1996) | ICD-10 codes (since 1997) | All volunteer firefighters (n=163 094) | Volunteer firefighters who attended incidents (n=102 073) | ||||
O | E | SMR (95% CI) | O | E | SMR (95% CI) | |||
All causes of death combined | 000–999 | A00–Z99 | 4647 | 8677 | 0.54 (0.52 to 0.55) | 2768 | 5372 | 0.52 (0.50 to 0.53) |
All malignancies | 140–208, 238.4, 238.6, 238.7, 273.3, 273.8, 273.9 | C00–C97, D45–D46, D47.1, D47.3 | 1900 | 3201 | 0.59 (0.57 to 0.62) | 1166 | 1993 | 0.59 (0.55 to 0.62) |
All nervous system | 320–359 | G00–G99 | 121 | 267 | 0.45 (0.38 to 0.54) | 61 | 162 | 0.38 (0.29 to 0.48) |
All circulatory | 390–459 | I00–I99 | 1250 | 2431 | 0.51 (0.49 to 0.54) | 724 | 1478 | 0.49 (0.45 to 0.53) |
Hypertensive | 401–405 | I10–I15 | 31 | 51 | 0.61 (0.41 to 0.86) | 18 | 30 | 0.60 (0.35 to 0.94) |
Ischaemic heart disease | 410–414 | I20–I25 | 718 | 1462 | 0.49 (0.46 to 0.53) | 411 | 899 | 0.46 (0.41 to 0.50) |
Cerebrovascular | 430–438 | I60–I69 | 189 | 425 | 0.44 (0.38 to 0.51) | 100 | 251 | 0.40 (0.32 to 0.49) |
All respiratory | 460–519 | J00–J99 | 216 | 587 | 0.37 (0.32 to 0.42) | 124 | 347 | 0.36 (0.30 to 0.43) |
COPD | 490–492, 496 | J40–J44 | 115 | 317 | 0.36 (0.30 to 0.44) | 63 | 188 | 0.34 (0.26 to 0.43) |
All digestive Diseases of the liver | 520–579 570–573 | K00–K93 K70–K77 | 108 50 | 339 198 | 0.32 (0.26 to 0.38) 0.25 (0.19 to 0.33) | 70 33 | 214 130 | 0.33 (0.25 to 0.41) 0.25 (0.17 to 0.36) |
All injuries and traumas | E800–E999 | V01–Y98 | 663 | 927 | 0.72 (0.66 to 0.77) | 405 | 616 | 0.66 (0.59 to 0.72) |
All accidents | E800–E929 | V01–X59, Y85–Y86 | 405 | 508 | 0.80 (0.72 to 0.88) | 245 | 335 | 0.73 (0.64 to 0.83) |
Fire | E890-E899, E924 | X00–X19 | 19 | 10 | 1.83 (1.10 to 2.86) | 13 | 7 | 1.89 (1.01 to 3.24) |
Suicide | E950–E959 | X60–X84 | 204 | 341 | 0.60 (0.52 to 0.69) | 130 | 230 | 0.56 (0.47 to 0.67) |
All other causes | | | 379 | 924 | 0.41 (0.37 to 0.45) | 211 | 562 | 0.38 (0.33 to 0.43) |
Dementia and Alzheimer’s | 2900–2902, 2904,2908, 2909, 3310 | F00–F03, G30 | 57 | 148 | 0.39 (0.29 to 0.50) | 30 | 80 | 0.37 (0.25 to 0.53) |
Diabetes | 250 | E10–E14 | 86 | 233 | 0.37 (0.30 to 0.46) | 51 | 142 | 0.36 (0.27 to 0.47) |
COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; E, expected; ICD-9, International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision; O, observed.