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	1,152.82	1,478.02	907.01	
    Primary education or lower	1,210.63	1,587.25	956.56	
    Lower secondary education	1,080.73	1,418.31	817.44	
    Upper secondary education	1,046.62	1,309.45	771.97	
    University studies	972.80	1,161.44	739.72	
Ischaemic heart diseases	
    Total	88.63	131.72	56.32	
    Primary education or lower	90.14	134.82	60.23	
    Lower secondary education	79.74	123.39	46.56	
    Upper secondary education	84.27	121.40	46.61	
    University studies	79.68	112.43	40.91	
Cerebrovascular diseases	
    Total	72.31	81.42	64.72	
    Primary education or lower	77.05	88.81	68.53	
    Lower secondary education	64.84	75.78	56.19	
    Upper secondary education	59.38	67.08	51.03	
    University studies	56.50	62.59	48.57	
Bronchial and lung cancer	
    Total	65.49	115.20	26.06	
    Primary education or lower	63.66	124.85	21.14	
    Lower secondary education	67.48	118.35	25.96	
    Upper secondary education	72.31	107.00	33.35	
    University studies	63.05	84.69	34.84	
Dementia	
    Total	54.39	52.06	54.51	
    Primary education or lower	57.28	55.04	57.30	
    Lower secondary education	48.67	48.69	47.55	
    Upper secondary education	43.00	45.40	40.45	
    University studies	40.46	41.75	37.70	
Heart failure	
    Total	50.00	51.18	48.12	
    Primary education or lower	53.00	54.62	50.77	
    Lower secondary education	42.86	45.70	39.81	
    Upper secondary education	42.19	45.90	37.84	
    University studies	38.90	41.26	36.07	
Chronic diseases of the lower respiratory tract	
    Total	42.25	79.61	18.53	
    Primary education or lower	46.49	93.63	19.40	
    Lower secondary education	37.09	68.16	16.73	
    Upper secondary education	36.80	58.54	16.61	
    University studies	32.56	47.20	15.78	
Alzheimer's disease	
    Total	39.36	30.93	43.65	
    Primary education or lower	40.98	32.17	44.96	
    Lower secondary education	36.27	29.79	39.83	
    Upper secondary education	33.79	26.71	39.11	
    University studies	32.09	27.99	36.11	
Colon cancer	
    Total	32.21	45.12	22.91	
    Primary education or lower	31.71	45.48	23.05	
    Lower secondary education	32.02	46.03	21.69	
    Upper secondary education	33.38	44.03	22.03	
    University studies	31.61	39.74	21.61	
Hypertensive disease	
    Total	32.97	29.64	33.76	
    Primary education or lower	34.79	31.53	35.49	
    Lower secondary education	30.59	27.44	31.27	
    Upper secondary education	26.04	25.60	25.15	
    University studies	25.35	24.20	25.55	
Diabetes mellitus	
    Total	26.31	30.29	22.94	
    Primary education or lower	30.03	34.19	26.89	
    Lower secondary education	22.13	29.30	16.78	
    Upper secondary education	18.84	25.50	12.06	
    University studies	16.17	19.17	12.62	
Pneumonia	
    Total	26.99	38.79	20.00	
    Primary education or lower	29.20	42.50	22.05	
    Lower secondary education	24.09	35.76	16.73	
    Upper secondary education	22.22	31.29	14.10	
    University studies	23.74	29.70	17.68	
Renal failure	
    Total	17.41	22.40	14.48	
    Primary education or lower	18.43	23.57	15.78	
    Lower secondary education	16.04	21.19	12.63	
    Upper secondary education	15.74	20.82	11.12	
    University studies	14.39	18.55	9.37	
Breast cancer	
    Total	18.40	0.59	32.53	
    Primary education or lower	17.45	0.63	29.37	
    Lower secondary education	17.54	0.60	31.59	
    Upper secondary education	16.76	0.60	33.49	
    University studies	17.93	0.40	37.27	
Pancreatic cancer	
    Total	20.01	23.91	16.71	
    Primary education or lower	19.39	23.77	16.13	
    Lower secondary education	20.73	24.74	17.09	
    Upper secondary education	21.10	24.38	17.40	
    University studies	19.45	21.69	16.82	
Prostate cancer	
    Total	16.38	42.26	..	
    Primary education or lower	15.02	42.04	..	
    Lower secondary education	16.63	42.25	..	
    Upper secondary education	18.61	38.03	..	
    University studies	23.06	42.43	..	
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