COPD-Related Mortality and Co-morbidities in Northeastern Italy, 2008-2012: A Multiple Causes of Death Analysis

Figures & data

Figure 1.  Number of deaths with any mention of COPD, by position where the disease was mentioned in death certificates, and selection as the underlying cause of death (UCOD): subjects aged ≥40 years, Veneto region (Italy), 2008–2012.

Table 1.  Number of deaths, proportional mortality (% of all deaths), and mortality rates (/100,000/year) for COPD selected as the underlying cause of death (UCOD) or mentioned in any position of death certificates (MCOD): Veneto region (Italy), 2008–2012

	Number of deaths		Proportional mortality		Rate (/100,000 /year)
	UCOD	MCOD	UCOD	MCOD	UCOD	MCOD
Males
40–44 yrs	3	7	0.3%	0.6%	0.3	0.7
45–49 yrs	5	13	0.3%	0.7%	0.5	1.3
50–54 yrs	7	28	0.3%	1.1%	0.8	3.4
55–59 yrs	31	105	0.8%	2.7%	4.2	14.1
60–64 yrs	48	204	0.8%	3.3%	6.7	28.5
65–69 yrs	103	423	1.2%	4.8%	16.4	67.3
70–74 yrs	246	907	1.9%	7.2%	45.1	166.3
75–79 yrs	549	1702	3.3%	10.1%	137.1	425.2
80–84 yrs	941	2804	4.5%	13.5%	350.3	1043.9
85–89 yrs	884	2589	4.8%	14.1%	680.3	1992.4
≥90 yrs	628	1524	5.4%	13.1%	1477.8	3586.1
Overall	3445	10306	3.3%	9.9%	54.3	162.5
Females
40–44 yrs	0	1	0.0%	0.2%	0.0	0.1
45–49 yrs	3	6	0.3%	0.5%	0.3	0.6
50–54 yrs	8	17	0.5%	1.1%	1.0	2.1
55–59 yrs	8	27	0.4%	1.3%	1.1	3.6
60–64 yrs	30	76	0.9%	2.3%	4.0	10.1
65–69 yrs	47	157	1.0%	3.4%	6.8	22.8
70–74 yrs	115	334	1.6%	4.5%	17.8	51.7
75–79 yrs	223	673	1.9%	6.2%	40.0	120.8
80–84 yrs	512	1479	2.4%	7.1%	107.6	310.8
85–89 yrs	700	2030	2.4%	7.0%	222.5	645.2
≥90 yrs	812	2368	2.4%	7.1%	538.2	1569.4
Overall	2458	7168	2.1%	6.2%	34.4	100.3

Figure 2.  Weekly number of deaths of subjects aged ≥40 years with COPD selected as the underlying cause of death (UCOD), or mentioned in any position of death certificates (MCOD): Veneto region (Italy), 2008–2012.

Figure 3.  Age-standardized COPD mortality rates (/100,000/year) in the Veneto region between 2008 and 2012, in men and women (panel A and panel B, respectively) aged 40–84 years, based on UCOD and MCOD analyses (dashed and solid black lines, respectively), and in EU between 2000 and 2010 based on UCOD analysis^a (solid gray line).

Table 2.  Underlying cause of death (UCOD) according to the International Classification of Diseases, 10^th Edition (ICD-10) in 17,474 certificates mentioning COPD: subjects aged ≥40 years, Veneto region (Italy), 2008–2012

Disease (ICD–10)	n	%
Diseases of the respiratory system (J00–J99)	6221	35.6%
COPD (J40–J44, J47)	5903	33.8%
Asthma (J45–J46)	22	0.1%
Other respiratory diseases (J00–J39, J50–J99)	296	1.7%
Circulatory diseases (I00–I99)	6300	36.1%
Hypertensive diseases (I10–I15)	1083	6.2%
Ischemic heart diseases (I20–I25)	2719	15.6%
Other heart diseases (I00–I09, I26–I51)	1429	8.2%
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69)	856	4.9%
Other circulatory diseases (I70–I99)	213	1.2%
Neoplasms (C00–D48)	2505	14.3%
Lung cancer (C33–34)	1022	5.8%
Other neoplasms (C00–C32, C35–D48)	1483	8.5%
Diabetes (E10–E14)	381	2.2%
Dementia, Alzheimer (F01–F03, G30)	455	2.6%
Diseases of the digestive system (K00–K99)	468	2.7%
Other causes of death	1144	6.5%

Table 3.  Specific chronic diseases reported according to the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Edition (ICD–10) in 17,474 certificates mentioning COPD: subjects aged ≥40 years, Veneto region (Italy), 2008–2012

Disease (ICD–10)	n	%
Asthma (J45–J46)	121	0.7%
Hypertensive diseases (I10–I15)	4806	27.5%
Ischemic heart diseases (I20–I25)	5211	29.8%
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60–I69)	2551	14.6%
Neoplasms (C00–D48)	3949	22.6%
Lung cancer (C33–34)	1248	7.1%
Diabetes (E10–E14)	2666	15.2%
Dementia, Alzheimer (F01–F03, G30)	1560	8.9%