Table 2 Clinical characteristics of 18 patients with a cause of death related to Crohn's disease: a population based study, Olmsted County, Minnesota, 1940–2004.

Cause of death		Sex	Maximal extent of CD	Calendar year at diagnosis	Age at diagnosis (y)	Age at death (y)	Disease duration (y)
Complications of Crohn's disease
Severe disease, fistulas, perforation, sepsis
1	Intra‐abdominal abscess, peritonitis	F	Colonic	1972	53	53	<1
2	Sepsis after surgery for internal fistula, recent infliximab treatment	F	Ileocolonic	1990	25	35	10
3	Severe CD, sepsis	M	Colonic	1943	56	56	<1
4	Severe CD, ileum perforation, peritonitis	M	Ileocolonic	1949	56	62	6
5	Severe fistulising CD, sepsis	M	Colonic	1965	77	77	<1
6	Severe fistulising CD, peritonitis, MI	M	Ileocolonic	1973	47	48	1
Short bowel syndrome
7	Short bowel syndrome after surgery for internal fistulas, COPD	F	Ileocolonic	1976	52	71	19
8	Short bowel syndrome, intestinal ischemia	M	Ileocolonic	1962	42	61	19
PSC and cholagiocarcinoma
9	End stage liver disease due to PSC	F	Ileocolonic	1980	35	46	11
10	End stage liver disease due to PSC	M	Colonic	1987	39	49	10
11	Cholangiocarcinoma of hepatic bile ducts and hemorrhagic pancreatitis	M	Ileocolonic	1954	30	62	32
Embolism
12	Steroid refractory CD, pulmonary embolism	F	Ileocolonic	1972	43	57	14
Median (range)					43 (15–77)	56 (17–77)	11 (1–32)
Intestinal cancer
1	Metastatic leiomyosarcoma of small bowel	F	Ileocolonic	1951	32	63	31
2	Metastatic ileocaecal adenocarcinoma	F	Ileocolonic	1978	25	34	9
3	Metastatic colorectal cancer	F	Colonic	1969	30	43	13
4	Small bowel lymphoma	M	Jejunal, ileocolonic	1967	23	47	24
5	Metastatic colorectal cancer	M	Jejunum, ileocolonic	1962	13	30	17
6	Metastatic colorectal cancer	M	Ileal	1987	69	70	1
Median (range)					28 (13–69)	45 (30–70)	15 (1–31)

CD, Crohn's disease; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; PSC, primary sclerosing cholangitis; F, female; M, male; MI, acute myocardial infarction.