Table 1.
Cause of death in women with breast cancer by length of survival
| Cause of death | Survival |
Total | |
| <1 year from diagnosis | >1 year from diagnosis | ||
| Number (%) | Number (%) | Number (%) | |
| Breast cancer | 464 (63.9) | 2015 (60.5) | 2479 (61.1) |
| Lung cancer | 4 (0.6) | 38 (1.1) | 42 (1.0) |
| Colorectal cancer | 3 (0.4) | 32 (1.0) | 35 (0.9) |
| Other/unspecified cancer | 39 (5.4) | 232 (7.0) | 271 (6.7) |
| Ischaemic heart disease | 34 (4.7) | 137 (4.1) | 171 (4.2) |
| Stroke | 14 (1.9) | 79 (2.4) | 93 (2.3) |
| Other cardiovascular disease | 43 (5.9) | 204 (6.1) | 247 (6.1) |
| Senility | 16 (2.2) | 92 (2.8) | 108 (2.7) |
| Pneumonia | 38 (5.2) | 205 (6.2) | 243 (6.0) |
| All other causes | 71 (9.8) | 294 (8.8) | 365 (9.0) |
| Total with known cause of death | 726 (100.0) | 3328 (100.0) | 4054 (100.0) |
| Cause of death not known | 254 (25.9) | 457 (12.1) | 711 (14.9) |
| Total cases | 980 | 3785 | 4765 |