Table 1

Distribution of causes of death for liver cirrhosis definitions 1 and 3 in 1992 and 2008, n (%)

ICD descriptionICD-9 codeICD-10 codeLiver cirrhosis–definition 1Liver cirrhosis–definition 3
1992200819922008
n=3050n=6469n=2118n=2584
Alcoholic fatty liver5710K70.034 (1.1)229 (3.5)
Acute alcoholic hepatitis5711K70.177 (2.5)148 (2.3)
Alcoholic cirrhosis of liver5712K70.3749 (24.6)1018 (15.7)749 (35.4)1018 (39.4)
Alcoholic liver damage, unspecified5713K70.9647 (21.2)2594 (40.1)
Chronic hepatitis5714K73.995 (3.1)6 (0.1)
Cirrhosis of liver without mention of alcohol/other and unspecified cirrhosis of liver5715K74.61106 (36.3)1485 (23)1106 (52.2)1485 (57.5)
Biliary cirrhosis5716K74.5206 (6.8)9 (0.1)206 (9.7)9 (0.3)
Other chronic non-alcoholic liver disease571852 (1.7)
Unspecified chronic liver disease without mention of alcohol571984 (2.8)
Oesophageal varices with bleeding4560I85.042 (2.0)35 (1.4)
Oesophageal varices without bleeding4561I85.915 (0.7)6 (0.2)
Alcoholic fibrosis and sclerosis of liverK70.21 (0.02)
Alcoholic hepatic failureK70.4774 (12)
Chronic hepatic failureK72.110 (0.4)
Chronic active hepatitis, not elsewhere classifiedK73.258 (0.9)
Hepatic fibrosisK74.05 (0.08)
Hepatic sclerosisK74.11 (0.02)
Primary biliary cirrhosisK74.3137 (2.1)
Secondary biliary cirrhosisK74.4<5 (0.1)<5 (0.2)
Other and unspecified cirrhosis of liverK74.6
Portal hypertensionK76.617 (0.7)
  • ICD-9, International Classification of Diseases Ninth Revision; ICD-10, ICD Tenth Revision.