Deaths according to Cause of Death 
National and Autonomous Cities and Communities results
Standardised mortality rates by cause of death (most frequent causes), sex and level of education. 25 years old and over.
Units: per hundred thousand

	Both genders	Men	Women	
All causes	
    Total	1,140.91	1,471.54	891.02	
    Primary education or lower	1,202.55	1,586.90	941.63	
    Lower secondary education	1,066.46	1,411.13	798.25	
    Upper secondary education	1,044.61	1,322.62	754.29	
    University studies	953.91	1,157.60	701.08	
Ischaemic heart diseases	
    Total	90.02	134.41	56.70	
    Primary education or lower	91.53	137.51	60.68	
    Lower secondary education	81.79	127.90	46.98	
    Upper secondary education	87.08	127.34	45.31	
    University studies	77.93	110.67	38.63	
Cerebrovascular diseases	
    Total	74.34	83.39	66.59	
    Primary education or lower	78.56	90.36	69.78	
    Lower secondary education	67.15	77.86	58.57	
    Upper secondary education	63.92	72.12	54.80	
    University studies	59.27	65.57	51.43	
Bronchial and lung cancer	
    Total	66.77	119.36	24.86	
    Primary education or lower	65.51	129.87	20.81	
    Lower secondary education	68.05	120.16	25.26	
    Upper secondary education	73.78	110.05	32.84	
    University studies	64.54	90.52	30.04	
Dementia	
    Total	53.81	51.65	53.90	
    Primary education or lower	56.47	55.17	56.06	
    Lower secondary education	48.53	49.96	46.92	
    Upper secondary education	42.57	42.55	41.45	
    University studies	38.44	36.48	39.61	
Heart failure	
    Total	48.32	50.27	45.96	
    Primary education or lower	50.55	51.94	48.54	
    Lower secondary education	42.38	45.56	39.20	
    Upper secondary education	40.87	48.46	33.91	
    University studies	38.63	44.16	32.20	
Chronic diseases of the lower respiratory tract	
    Total	41.99	80.16	18.13	
    Primary education or lower	45.99	93.62	19.16	
    Lower secondary education	35.67	67.71	14.47	
    Upper secondary education	37.18	57.76	18.49	
    University studies	32.42	45.72	16.50	
Alzheimer's disease	
    Total	39.24	31.87	42.91	
    Primary education or lower	40.91	33.40	44.28	
    Lower secondary education	37.23	30.80	40.42	
    Upper secondary education	34.33	29.64	37.31	
    University studies	28.64	25.33	32.25	
Colon cancer	
    Total	33.86	48.05	23.64	
    Primary education or lower	32.97	48.03	23.51	
    Lower secondary education	34.63	49.98	23.48	
    Upper secondary education	34.96	45.80	23.42	
    University studies	34.38	45.15	20.76	
Hypertensive disease	
    Total	32.96	29.83	33.60	
    Primary education or lower	34.84	31.28	35.68	
    Lower secondary education	30.48	28.06	30.56	
    Upper secondary education	27.31	29.62	24.56	
    University studies	22.54	22.91	21.33	
Diabetes mellitus	
    Total	25.72	29.61	22.56	
    Primary education or lower	29.19	33.65	25.82	
    Lower secondary education	20.85	26.55	16.40	
    Upper secondary education	17.73	24.34	11.60	
    University studies	16.04	20.81	10.20	
Pneumonia	
    Total	24.83	35.81	18.28	
    Primary education or lower	26.59	39.34	19.45	
    Lower secondary education	21.36	31.80	15.11	
    Upper secondary education	22.89	30.48	15.90	
    University studies	23.19	30.58	15.13	
Renal failure	
    Total	16.95	21.91	14.02	
    Primary education or lower	18.25	23.31	15.53	
    Lower secondary education	14.47	21.06	10.52	
    Upper secondary education	14.98	20.95	9.59	
    University studies	14.20	17.70	10.22	
Breast cancer	
    Total	18.50	0.62	32.71	
    Primary education or lower	18.37	0.70	31.22	
    Lower secondary education	17.43	0.45	31.48	
    Upper secondary education	18.32	0.63	36.69	
    University studies	17.51	0.35	37.02	
Pancreatic cancer	
    Total	20.05	23.20	17.19	
    Primary education or lower	19.18	21.96	16.96	
    Lower secondary education	20.60	23.19	18.09	
    Upper secondary education	21.40	25.07	17.35	
    University studies	20.34	23.43	16.38	
Prostate cancer	
    Total	16.13	41.67	..	
    Primary education or lower	15.07	42.17	..	
    Lower secondary education	16.39	41.16	..	
    Upper secondary education	19.52	39.91	..	
    University studies	20.04	36.83	..	
Notes:
1) Since 2013, data from the Forensic Anatomical Institute of Madrid have been available, a methodological improvement  has been introduced in the process of this statistic, which has allowed the cause of death to be assigned  more precisely in deaths involving judicial intervention. As a result, deaths that were assigned to poorly  defined causes have been reassigned to specific external causes. Therefore, this fact must be taken into  account when making comparisons with previous years.

 The standardised rates allow comparisons between different levels of education, as well as  temporary and sex level comparisons, by using an age structure common within the standard European population as of 2011.

 Category 'Upper Secondary education' includes the Higher Level Training Cycles and equivalents.
Source: National Statistics Institute