Table 2.

Causes of death in patients with Barrett's syndrome who did and did not enter surveillance programme

Cause of death	No (%) with surveillance (n=33)	No (%) with no surveillance (n=104)
Ischaemic heart disease	6 (18)	28 (27)
Other vascular disease	3 (9)	15 (14)
Pneumonia	5 (15)	19 (18)
Cancer of oesophagus	3 (9)	1 (1)
Cancer of stomach	1 (3)	2 (2)
Cancer of other specified site	11 (33)	20 (19)
Cancer of non-specified site*	2 (6)	12 (12)
Other	2 (6)	7 (7)

^*Unlikely to be oesophageal cancer from clinical details.