The Grim Reaper's Road Map: An Atlas of Mortality in Britain (Health and Society Series)

the Grim Reaper's road map......Page 2
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 8
1 What this book is about......Page 10
2 Location maps......Page 12
4 What are you most likely to die of, when and where?......Page 14
Group maps......Page 18
Single category maps......Page 23
5 Years of life lost......Page 29
6 How to use this atlas......Page 33
GROUPS OF CAUSES OF DEATH......Page 36
1 All deaths......Page 37
2 All homicide......Page 39
3 All transport deaths......Page 41
4 All suicide/undetermined deaths......Page 43
5 All external deaths......Page 45
6 All deaths due to infections......Page 47
7 All cancer deaths......Page 49
8 All mental disorder deaths......Page 51
9 All cardiovascular deaths......Page 53
10 All respiratory deaths......Page 55
INDIVIDUAL CAUSES OF DEATH......Page 58
11 Conditions of the perinatal period......Page 59
12 Congenital defects of the nervous system......Page 61
13 Sudden death, cause unknown......Page 63
14 Congenital heart defects......Page 65
15 Other congenital defects......Page 67
16 Pregnancy and childbirth......Page 69
17 Accidental deaths due to electric current......Page 71
18 Assault by cutting......Page 73
19 Deaths due to drugs......Page 75
20 Assault using firearms......Page 77
21 Other assaults......Page 79
22 Motor vehicle accidents......Page 81
23 Meningitis......Page 83
24 Water transport accidents......Page 85
25 Pedal cyclist hit by vehicle......Page 87
26 Railway accidents......Page 89
27 Accidental drowning......Page 91
28 HIV disease infections......Page 93
29 Air accidents......Page 95
30 Deaths caused by machinery......Page 97
31 Other suicide/undetermined accidents......Page 99
32 Suicide/undetermined by gases......Page 101
33 Suicide/undetermined by jumping......Page 103
34 Suicide/undetermined by hanging......Page 105
35 Suicide/undetermined by firearms......Page 107
36 Accidental poisoning......Page 109
37 Epilepsy......Page 111
38 Suicide/undetermined by poison......Page 113
39 Suicide/undetermined by cutting......Page 115
40 Due to alcohol......Page 117
41 Pedestrian hit by vehicle......Page 119
42 Suicide/undetermined by drowning......Page 121
43 Fire......Page 123
44 Hepatitis......Page 125
45 Choking on food......Page 127
46 Cancer of brain......Page 129
47 Chronic liver disease......Page 131
48 Multiple sclerosis......Page 133
49 Other infections......Page 135
50 Hunger, thirst, exposure, neglect......Page 137
51 Ill-defined and unknown causes......Page 139
52 Other external causes......Page 141
53 Cervical cancer......Page 143
54 Skin cancer......Page 145
55 Asthma......Page 147
56 Motor neurone disease......Page 149
57 Endocrine disorders (not diabetes)......Page 151
58 Leukaemia......Page 153
59 Ovarian cancer......Page 155
60 Cancer of the mouth......Page 157
61 Other neoplasms......Page 159
62 Breast cancer......Page 161
63 Bronchitis......Page 163
64 Lymphatic cancer......Page 165
65 Laryngeal cancer......Page 167
66 Tuberculosis infections......Page 169
67 Cancer of the liver......Page 171
68 Lung cancer......Page 173
69 During surgery, medical care......Page 175
70 Other nervous disorders......Page 177
71 Cancer of gullet......Page 179
72 Pancreatic cancer......Page 181
73 Septicaemia......Page 183
74 Rectal cancer......Page 185
75 Rheumatic heart disease......Page 187
76 Other uterine cancer......Page 189
77 Unspecified neoplasms......Page 191
78 Stomach cancer......Page 193
79 Colon cancer......Page 195
80 Signs and symptoms......Page 197
81 Hypothermia......Page 199
82 Pulmonary circulatory disorders......Page 201
83 Bladder cancer......Page 203
85 Diabetes mellitus......Page 207
86 Hypertensive disease......Page 209
87 Diseases of blood......Page 211
88 Chronic lower respiratory diseases......Page 213
89 Aortic aneurysm......Page 215
90 Other digestive disorders......Page 217
91 Falls......Page 219
92 Other circulatory disorders......Page 221
93 Stomach ulcers......Page 223
94 Industrial lung diseases......Page 225
95 Prostate cancer......Page 227
96 Diseases of kidney and ureter......Page 229
97 Other respiratory disorders......Page 231
98 Cerebrovascular disease......Page 233
99 Other tissue, skin, musculoskeletal disorders......Page 235
100 Other heart disease......Page 237
101 Parkinson’s disease......Page 239
102 Influenza......Page 241
103 Other genitourinary disorders......Page 243
104 Other intestinal infections......Page 245
105 Pneumonia......Page 247
106 Dementia......Page 249
107 Other mental disorders......Page 251
108 Atherosclerosis......Page 253
109 Old age......Page 255
Location appendix......Page 258
Technical appendix......Page 267