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