Deaths according to Cause of Death 
National and Autonomous Cities and Communities results
C** 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	1,155.23	1,491.38	905.53	
    Primary education or lower	1,235.96	1,641.04	990.72	
    Lower secondary education	1,162.64	1,535.22	862.62	
    Upper secondary education	1,094.12	1,379.93	807.57	
    University studies	966.38	1,173.57	733.65	
Ischaemic heart diseases	
    Total	73.83	113.30	43.91	
    Primary education or lower	76.32	120.91	48.49	
    Lower secondary education	72.48	111.54	40.26	
    Upper secondary education	73.44	107.42	39.34	
    University studies	63.15	92.21	31.23	
Cerebrovascular diseases	
    Total	60.99	70.23	53.58	
    Primary education or lower	65.70	77.22	58.38	
    Lower secondary education	58.73	70.37	48.99	
    Upper secondary education	53.50	61.11	44.95	
    University studies	49.78	56.61	41.92	
Bronchial and lung cancer	
    Total	62.37	103.53	29.96	
    Primary education or lower	55.73	108.15	23.68	
    Lower secondary education	70.64	117.68	30.76	
    Upper secondary education	69.63	97.88	39.08	
    University studies	57.38	76.57	34.65	
Dementia	
    Total	50.79	47.83	51.45	
    Primary education or lower	53.68	50.76	54.19	
    Lower secondary education	50.58	52.07	48.85	
    Upper secondary education	45.18	44.24	44.89	
    University studies	37.51	36.90	37.43	
Heart failure	
    Total	48.23	54.20	43.56	
    Primary education or lower	51.36	57.79	46.91	
    Lower secondary education	45.50	53.16	39.44	
    Upper secondary education	45.02	53.34	37.50	
    University studies	37.82	42.79	32.81	
Chronic diseases of the lower respiratory tract	
    Total	31.21	56.17	15.29	
    Primary education or lower	33.09	66.89	15.49	
    Lower secondary education	33.11	57.12	16.22	
    Upper secondary education	30.67	44.32	17.33	
    University studies	23.98	32.82	14.56	
Alzheimer's disease	
    Total	33.58	26.26	37.41	
    Primary education or lower	34.94	26.96	38.37	
    Lower secondary education	33.51	26.76	37.19	
    Upper secondary education	30.01	26.93	32.61	
    University studies	26.57	23.75	29.19	
Colon cancer	
    Total	29.01	40.88	20.62	
    Primary education or lower	28.02	40.98	21.08	
    Lower secondary education	31.12	43.95	21.49	
    Upper secondary education	30.73	41.20	19.98	
    University studies	26.55	33.08	18.98	
Hypertensive disease	
    Total	34.73	33.11	34.55	
    Primary education or lower	38.18	37.20	37.83	
    Lower secondary education	31.72	31.04	30.71	
    Upper secondary education	29.18	28.51	28.65	
    University studies	25.28	24.38	25.41	
Diabetes mellitus	
    Total	27.14	32.63	22.81	
    Primary education or lower	32.54	39.53	28.19	
    Lower secondary education	25.40	32.97	19.38	
    Upper secondary education	20.02	26.76	12.85	
    University studies	16.51	20.62	11.76	
Pneumonia	
    Total	21.14	30.82	15.18	
    Primary education or lower	23.81	35.96	17.38	
    Lower secondary education	20.23	29.62	13.96	
    Upper secondary education	20.59	26.61	15.11	
    University studies	19.73	26.63	12.24	
Renal failure	
    Total	19.32	24.31	16.14	
    Primary education or lower	21.45	26.30	18.85	
    Lower secondary education	18.24	26.35	13.25	
    Upper secondary education	16.41	22.44	10.80	
    University studies	15.17	19.24	10.59	
Breast cancer	
    Total	17.46	0.48	30.83	
    Primary education or lower	17.47	0.43	28.64	
    Lower secondary education	16.18	0.60	29.79	
    Upper secondary education	16.08	0.35	32.17	
    University studies	16.48	0.34	33.04	
Pancreatic cancer	
    Total	21.42	24.59	18.68	
    Primary education or lower	19.71	23.45	16.87	
    Lower secondary education	21.97	25.22	18.92	
    Upper secondary education	22.07	23.88	19.69	
    University studies	22.93	25.35	20.27	
Prostate cancer	
    Total	15.21	39.10	..	
    Primary education or lower	13.24	39.11	..	
    Lower secondary education	16.91	41.91	..	
    Upper secondary education	18.57	38.61	..	
    University studies	17.37	33.10	..	
Identified Covid-19 virus	
    Total	77.63	109.73	57.00	
    Primary education or lower	85.23	121.38	65.79	
    Lower secondary education	75.91	108.48	53.14	
    Upper secondary education	75.71	107.07	47.85	
    University studies	70.43	93.76	44.91	
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. 
 C* Table published on 30/07/2024.
Source: National Statistics Institute