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Published in final edited form as: Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2008 Aug;101(2):130–136. doi: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60200-1

Table 3.

Underlying cause-of-death among 123 adults with asthma

Underlying Cause-of-death	Number	Percent
Respiratory*	44	36%
Cardiovascular	34	28%
Cancer	21	17%
Other	24	20%
Total	123	100%

Respiratory group composed of: 2 asthma (ICD10 J45.9), 3 emphysema (ICD10 J43.9), 4 “other specified chronic obstructive pulmonary disease” (ICD10 J44.8), 27 “chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecified” (ICD10 J44.9), 5 pneumonia, 1 aspiration pneumonitis, 1 secondary pulmonary hypertension, and 1 bronchiectasis. Contributing respiratory causes were listed on 34 of the non-primary respiratory cases.

Abbreviations: ICD10, International Classification of Disease, 10^th Revision