Deaths caused by one of the 10/20/50/100 most frequent causes of death (absolute, per 100,000, rank, percentage) (from 1998). Classification: years, region, age, sex, ICD-10

ICD10	Year (ascending), Figure
	2022		2021		2020		2019		2018		2017		2016		2015		2014		2013		2012		2011		2010		2009		2008		2007		2006		2005		2004		2003		2002		2001		2000		1999		1998
	Rank	Deaths	Rank	Deaths	Rank	Deaths	Rank	Deaths	Rank	Deaths	Rank	Deaths	Rank	Deaths	Rank	Deaths	Rank	Deaths	Rank	Deaths	Rank	Deaths	Rank	Deaths	Rank	Deaths	Rank	Deaths	Rank	Deaths	Rank	Deaths	Rank	Deaths	Rank	Deaths	Rank	Deaths	Rank	Deaths	Rank	Deaths	Rank	Deaths	Rank	Deaths	Rank	Deaths	Rank	Deaths
I25 Chronic ischaemic heart disease	1	77,773	1	74,485	1	75,482	1	73,459	1	76,273	1	76,929	1	72,062	1	76,013	1	69,890	1	73,176	1	71,655	1	70,557	1	72,734	1	73,899	1	72,683	1	76,915	1	77,845	1	80,998	1	84,163	1	92,673	1	94,166	1	92,775	1	93,040	1	96,715	1	94,932
F03 Unspecified dementia	2	53,323	3	45,827	2	45,492	2	45,070	4	44,670	4	39,459	5	33,710	5	31,939	6	24,867	6	24,738	7	20,400	11	17,243	12	15,591	15	13,681	18	10,371	24	7,656	28	6,618	51	4,003	62	2,833	74	1,851	85	1,414	91	1,199	93	1,112	93	1,094	105	891
U07 COVID-19 (Virus nachgewiesen [U07.1] bzw Virus ist klinisch-       epidemiologisch bestätigt, jedoch nicht durch einen Labortest       nachgewiesen [U07.2])	3	52,358	2	71,331	5	39,758		.		.		.		.		.		.		.		.		.		.		.		.		.		.		.		.		.		.		.		.		.		.
I21 Acute myocardial infarction	4	46,608	4	45,181	4	44,529	4	44,282	2	46,207	2	46,966	2	48,669	2	49,210	2	48,181	2	52,044	2	52,516	2	52,113	2	55,541	2	56,226	2	56,775	2	57,788	2	59,938	2	61,056	2	61,736	2	64,229	2	64,218	2	65,228	2	67,282	2	70,149	2	75,924
C34 Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung	5	45,209	5	44,601	3	44,786	3	44,847	3	44,853	3	45,031	3	45,776	4	45,224	3	45,049	4	44,813	4	44,433	4	43,908	4	42,972	4	42,221	4	42,319	4	41,495	4	40,744	4	40,641	4	39,798	4	39,286	5	39,105	5	38,525	5	38,955	5	37,615	5	37,934
I50 Heart failure	6	37,570	6	35,131	6	34,855	5	35,297	5	37,709	5	38,187	4	40,334	3	47,414	4	44,551	3	45,815	3	46,410	3	45,428	3	48,306	3	48,954	3	48,918	3	49,970	3	47,079	3	47,939	3	48,184	3	59,117	3	56,955	3	56,799	3	57,007	3	56,626	3	55,271
J44 Other chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	7	32,305	7	28,341	7	29,443	6	31,372	6	32,796	6	32,104	6	29,911	6	31,073	5	27,008	5	28,882	5	26,654	5	26,018	5	25,675	6	25,216	6	22,328	6	21,716	6	20,709	7	20,895	7	19,390	6	21,282	7	19,402	8	17,062	8	17,851	9	17,371	9	16,686
R99 Other ill-defined and unspecified causes of mortality	8	27,439	8	25,374	9	22,208	7	24,065	9	19,884	11	18,062	9	18,368	14	15,546	15	14,725	16	13,759	16	13,071	17	12,479	17	11,592	17	11,898	16	12,059	15	11,538	17	10,587	18	10,475	16	11,275	14	12,261	15	11,803	12	13,463	13	12,985	15	11,283	15	11,621
I11 Hypertensive heart disease	9	25,267	9	23,363	8	23,549	8	21,937	7	23,301	7	24,552	7	23,829	7	25,365	7	22,859	7	24,669	6	22,562	7	21,047	7	20,604	8	19,771	8	19,235	8	18,553	9	17,619	10	16,760	11	15,927	11	15,844	11	14,436	13	13,253	14	12,632	16	11,183	19	9,930
I48 Atrial fibrillation and flutter	10	23,799	10	21,719	10	21,070	9	20,715	8	21,523	8	20,982	11	18,030	9	19,265	12	16,597	12	16,611	14	15,800	14	14,505	15	14,231	13	14,331	14	13,829	13	13,006	14	11,690	16	11,233	19	10,004	20	8,851	23	7,281	25	6,194	31	5,718	39	4,502	46	3,871
Sum of displayed ICD positions		421,651		415,353		381,172		341,044		347,216		342,272		330,689		341,049		313,727		324,507		313,501		303,298		307,246		306,197		298,517		298,637		292,829		294,000		293,310		315,394		308,780		304,498		306,582		306,538		307,060
All ICD positions		1,066,341		1,023,687		985,572		939,520		954,874		932,272		910,902		925,200		868,356		893,825		869,582		852,328		858,768		854,544		844,439		827,155		821,627		830,227		818,271		853,946		841,686		828,541		838,797		846,330		852,382

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Region	Germany	Germany Baden-Wurttemberg Bavaria Berlin Brandenburg Bremen Hamburg Hesse Mecklenburg Western Pomerania Lower Saxony North Rhine-Westphalia Rhineland-Palatinate Saarland Saxony Saxony Anhalt Schleswig-Holstein Thuringia Former federal territory and East Berlin New Länder excluding East Berlin
Age	All age-groups	All age-groups Under 1 year 1 year to under 15 years 1 year to under 5 years 5 to under 10 years 10 to under 15 years 15 to under 20 years 20 to under 25 years 25 to under 30 years 30 to under 35 years 35 to under 40 years 40 to under 45 years 45 to under 50 years 50 to under 55 years 55 to under 60 years 60 to under 65 years 65 to under 70 years 70 to under 75 years 75 to under 80 years 80 to under 85 years 85 to under 90 years 90 years and older
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Basis for sequence	2022	2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998

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• Until 1997 deaths were recorded according to ICD-9. Therefore the numbers can be found in a separate ad hoc table (see links).

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