Table 2.
Common causes of death in all gout patients and the differences between sex.
| Total | N (%) | Male | N (%) | Female | N (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chronic kidney disease | 252 (7.8) | Lung cancer | 137 (7.6) | Chronic kidney disease | 80 (10.4) |
| 2 | Lung cancer | 210 (6.5) | Chronic kidney disease | 93 (5.2) | Diabetes mellitus | 55 (7.1) |
| 3 | Diabetes mellitus | 159 (4.9) | Myocardial infarction | 87 (4.9) | Heart failure | 43 (5.6) |
| 4 | Myocardial infarction | 147 (4.6) | Pneumonia | 79 (4.4) | Senility | 32 (4.2) |
| 5 | Pneumonia | 123 (3.8) | Malignant neoplasm of the liver and intrahepatic bile duct | 62 (3.5) | Lung cancer | 30 (3.9) |
| 6 | Malignant neoplasm of the liver and intrahepatic bile duct | 97 (3.0) | Malignant neoplasm of stomach | 59 (3.3) | Myocardial infarction | 29 (3.8) |
| 7 | Heart failure | 82 (2.6) | Diabetes mellitus | 59 (3.3) | Pneumonia | 28 (3.6) |
| 8 | Cerebral infarction | 82 (2.6) | Cerebral infarction | 55 (3.1) | Acute myeloid leukemia with multi-lineage dysplasia | 18 (2.3) |
| 9 | Malignant neoplasm of stomach | 77 (2.4) | Other and unspecified effects of external causes | 52 (2.9) | Unspecified diabetes mellitus, with coma | 17 (2.2) |
| 10 | Senility | 75 (2.3) | Other ill-defined and unspecified causes of mortality | 46 (2.6) | Chronic ischemic heart disease | 17 (2.2) |
| Other causes | 2405 (59.5) | Other causes | 2074 (59.4) | Other causes | 551 (54.7) |
Values are numbers and frequencies (%).