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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2009 Oct 30;16(3):368. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2009.10.028

Table 4.

Causes of death according to place of residence

Cause of death Rural Urban p-value
Graft rejection or failure 16 (2) 67 (2) 0.88
Infection 183 (22) 636 (19) 0.05
Interstitial pneumonia 108 (13) 402 (12) 0.45
Acute GVHD 65 (8) 323 (10) 0.10
Chronic GVHD 45 (5) 176 (5) 0.86
Recurrence or persistence of primary disease 210 (25) 824 (25) 0.72
Organ failure 137 (17) 598 (18) 0.34
Secondary malignancy 8 (1) 32 (1) 0.99
Hemorrhage 31 (4) 163 (5) 0.16
Other 21 (3) 91 (3) 0.75