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	1,265.97	1,625.82	993.50	
    Primary education or lower	1,369.52	1,801.01	1,102.94	
    Lower secondary education	1,241.51	1,623.68	925.47	
    Upper secondary education	1,172.07	1,473.43	860.73	
    University studies	1,086.07	1,315.31	815.43	
Ischaemic heart diseases	
    Total	77.19	117.25	46.63	
    Primary education or lower	81.36	127.14	52.34	
    Lower secondary education	75.49	116.40	41.69	
    Upper secondary education	73.90	109.91	37.59	
    University studies	67.52	95.44	36.30	
Cerebrovascular diseases	
    Total	65.40	74.42	58.01	
    Primary education or lower	71.86	84.27	64.01	
    Lower secondary education	62.37	72.25	53.59	
    Upper secondary education	53.25	61.04	44.55	
    University studies	51.30	56.79	44.74	
Bronchial and lung cancer	
    Total	61.83	105.26	27.29	
    Primary education or lower	57.72	112.34	23.44	
    Lower secondary education	67.34	114.13	26.73	
    Upper secondary education	67.66	98.22	34.41	
    University studies	56.63	77.23	31.49	
Dementia	
    Total	50.14	45.79	51.56	
    Primary education or lower	53.09	49.21	54.17	
    Lower secondary education	48.45	46.32	48.50	
    Upper secondary education	40.93	38.31	41.49	
    University studies	36.68	35.97	37.10	
Heart failure	
    Total	47.12	51.07	43.38	
    Primary education or lower	51.28	56.42	47.39	
    Lower secondary education	42.53	46.47	38.24	
    Upper secondary education	39.65	44.53	34.18	
    University studies	37.21	41.46	32.63	
Chronic diseases of the lower respiratory tract	
    Total	32.99	60.35	15.53	
    Primary education or lower	36.54	73.59	16.62	
    Lower secondary education	32.36	57.13	14.75	
    Upper secondary education	29.44	43.35	16.59	
    University studies	25.73	36.63	13.06	
Alzheimer's disease	
    Total	38.19	30.19	42.40	
    Primary education or lower	39.48	30.81	43.41	
    Lower secondary education	38.33	31.13	42.39	
    Upper secondary education	32.59	29.27	35.23	
    University studies	32.05	27.22	37.22	
Colon cancer	
    Total	29.89	41.51	21.49	
    Primary education or lower	29.79	43.39	22.02	
    Lower secondary education	30.02	42.25	20.45	
    Upper secondary education	30.57	38.80	21.96	
    University studies	27.71	33.12	20.88	
Hypertensive disease	
    Total	34.68	32.17	34.90	
    Primary education or lower	38.27	36.38	38.21	
    Lower secondary education	30.99	30.81	29.77	
    Upper secondary education	25.35	24.25	25.31	
    University studies	23.48	23.35	22.94	
Diabetes mellitus	
    Total	28.51	33.91	24.25	
    Primary education or lower	33.16	39.14	29.51	
    Lower secondary education	26.23	33.35	20.19	
    Upper secondary education	21.57	29.60	13.89	
    University studies	18.52	24.55	11.57	
Pneumonia	
    Total	21.82	31.79	15.69	
    Primary education or lower	25.48	37.39	19.06	
    Lower secondary education	19.67	29.83	13.16	
    Upper secondary education	19.78	27.29	12.68	
    University studies	20.84	28.27	12.85	
Renal failure	
    Total	18.08	22.80	15.05	
    Primary education or lower	20.19	24.98	17.67	
    Lower secondary education	16.28	22.12	12.36	
    Upper secondary education	15.52	21.26	10.33	
    University studies	13.31	17.89	8.21	
Breast cancer	
    Total	17.72	0.51	31.44	
    Primary education or lower	18.41	0.47	30.57	
    Lower secondary education	16.57	0.64	30.46	
    Upper secondary education	16.16	0.50	32.26	
    University studies	16.70	0.31	34.04	
Pancreatic cancer	
    Total	20.57	24.12	17.42	
    Primary education or lower	18.76	21.75	16.69	
    Lower secondary education	21.34	24.80	17.90	
    Upper secondary education	22.03	25.31	18.33	
    University studies	20.93	24.10	17.03	
Prostate cancer	
    Total	15.47	39.58	..	
    Primary education or lower	13.72	39.75	..	
    Lower secondary education	16.33	40.05	..	
    Upper secondary education	19.98	41.26	..	
    University studies	19.09	35.89	..	
Identified Covid-19 virus	
    Total	155.38	214.93	112.85	
    Primary education or lower	166.62	230.33	129.75	
    Lower secondary education	157.24	217.41	110.48	
    Upper secondary education	157.45	211.59	102.47	
    University studies	158.82	207.08	101.36	
Unidentified (suspected) COVID-19 virus	
    Total	35.76	43.32	30.44	
    Primary education or lower	38.13	48.29	32.25	
    Lower secondary education	34.12	41.50	28.82	
    Upper secondary education	35.06	39.88	30.10	
    University studies	34.44	37.72	29.73	
Notes:
1) 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