Table 5.

Cause of Death in Patients With Hepatitis C

			Not Treated
Cause of Death	Total (n = 42)	Treated (n = 4)	Discussed (n = 14)	Not Discussed (n = 24)
End-stage liver disease or hepatocellular carcinoma	17	2	6	9
Cardiovascular diseases (CHF, MI, stroke)	8	1	3	4
Cancer	4	0	0	4
Murder or suicide	4	0	2	2
Infectious diseases (pneumonia, AIDS)	3	0	0	3
Others	6	1*	3†	2‡

CHF = congestive heart failure; MI = myocardial infarction; AIDS = acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

* Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

† Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, ruptured cardiac aneurysm (Marfan syndrome), seizure disorder-severe tetraplegia-suffocation.

‡ Renal failure.