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Table 1 Overall age-standardized mortality rate of musculoskeletal disorders as underlying cause per million people in Sweden, 1997–2013

From: Mortality with musculoskeletal disorders as underlying cause in Sweden 1997-2013: a time trend aggregate level study

ICD title (codes)

Women

Men

Women/men rate ratio

All musculoskeletal disorders (M00-M99)

24.9 (24.1 to 25.7)

16.0 (15.4 to 16.7)

1.6 (1.5 to 1.6)

Pyogenic arthritis (M00)

0.56 (0.46 to 0.67)

0.94 (0.79 to 1.09)

0.60 (0.47 to 0.76)

Rheumatoid arthritis (M05-M06)

8.9 (8.5 to 9.4)

3.4 (3.2 to 3.7)

2.6 (2.4 to 2.9)

Osteoarthritis (M15-M19)

0.94 (0.80 to 1.1)

1.0 (0.88 to 1.2)

0.90 (0.73 to 1.1)

Systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M35)

7.3 (6.8 to 7.7)

4.2 (3.9 to 4.6)

1.7 (1.6 to 1.9)

Spondylopathies (M45-M48)

0.75 (0.64 to 0.87)

1.4 (1.2 to 1.6)

0.55 (0.45 to 0.67)

Osteoporosis (M80-M81)

2.1 (1.9 to 2.2)

0.45 (0.35 to 0.54)

4.7 (3.7 to 5.9)