Vital Events Reference Tables 2017
Vital Events Reference Tables 2017
Section 6: Deaths - Causes
Information about the basis of the statistics is available from the Vital Events – General Background Information and the Deaths – Background Information pages.
For example, notes on the lists of causes of death and the definition of ‘years of life lost’ are available via the latter page.
Correction to Tables 6.06, 6.07, 6.08 and 6.09 - 25 September 2018
Due to the correction of mid-year population estimates for 2002 to 2010. The impact on the figures is minimal and does not change any trends substantially.
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Table 6.01 |
Deaths, by sex and cause, Scotland, 2007 to 2017 |
Table 6.02 |
Deaths, numbers and rates, by sex, age and cause, Scotland, 2017 |
Table 6.03 |
Deaths, by sex, cause and administartive area, Scotland, 2017 |
Table 6.04 |
Deaths, by sex, age and cause, Scotland, 2017 |
Table 6.05 |
Deaths by frequency of cause by sex, numbers and percentages, Scotland, 1986 to 2017 |
Table 6.06 |
Death rates from malignant neoplasms (all sites), by sex and age, Scotland, 1950 to 2017 |
Table 6.07 |
Death rates from malignant neoplasms, by sex, age and selected sites, Scotland, 1950 to 2017 |
Table 6.08 |
Death rates from ischaemic heart disease, by sex and age, Scotland, 1950 to 2017 |
Table 6.09 |
Death rates from cerebrovascular disease, by sex and age, Scotland, 1950 to 2017 |
Table 6.10 |
Deaths from road transport accidents, by sex and age, Scotland, 1946 to 2017 |
Table 6.11 |
Intentional self-harm and events of undetermined intent, Scotland, 1981 to 2017 |
Table 6.12 |
Deaths from poisoning, by sex and cause, Scotland, 2017 |
Table 6.13 |
Deaths aged under 90, years of 'working life' lost and years of 'life to age 90' lost due to mortality from selected causes, per 10,000 population, Scotland, 2017 |
Table 6.14 |
Average age at death, selected causes, Scotland, 1979 to 2017 |
Table 6.15 | Leading causes of death, by sex and age, Scotland, 2017 |