Table 2.

The causes of death among 38 and 62 deceased subjects with SCI who survived post-injury periods of <10 and ≥10 years, respectively

	Number of subjects	Tetraplegia			Paraplegia
Cause of death (ICD-10 numbers)	Total	Overall	<10 years	≥10 years	Overall	<10 years	≥10 years
Septicemia (A41)	26	16	8 (21%)	8 (13%)	10	4 (11%)	6 (10%)
Influenza and pneumonia (J09–J18)	13	11	8 (21%)	3 (5%)	2	0	2 (3%)
Ischemic heart disease (I20–I25)	11	2	0	2 (5%)	9	1 (3%)	8 (13%)
Neoplasms (C00–D48)	11	3	1 (3%)	2 (3%)	8	1 (3%)	7 (11%)
Intentional self-harm (X60–X84)	11	9	6 (16%)	3 (5%)	2	1 (3%)	1 (2%)
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60–I69)	7	3	2 (5%)	1 (2%)	4	0	4 (6%)
Other forms of heart disease (I30–I52)	6	1	1 (3%)	0	5	0	5 (8%)
Pulmonary heart disease and	6	2	2 (5%)	0	4	2 (5%)	2 (3%)
diseases of pulmonary circulation (I26–I28)
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40–J47)	3	0	0	0	3	0	3 (5%)
Renal failure (N17–N19)	1	0	0	0	1	0	1 (2%)
Diseases of arteries, arterioles,	1	1	0	1 (2%)	0	0	0
and capillaries (I70–I79)
Diseases of esophagus, stomach,	1	1	0	1 (2%)	0	0	0
and duodenum (K20–K31)
Diseases of liver (K70–K77)	1	0	0	0	1	0	1 (2%)
Post-procedural disorder of circulatory system, unspecified (I97.9)	1	0	0	0	1	0	1 (2%)
Diseases of the nervous system (G40–47)	1	1	1 (3%)	0	0	0	0
Total number of patients	100	50	29 (76%)	21 (34%)	50	9 (24%)	41 (66%)