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. 2012 Nov 2;7(11):e48580. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048580

Table 1. Table of the most frequent primary causes of death.

Condition leading to death Number of cases Percentage of total deaths
Pneumonia 286 33.3%
Malignancy 99 11.5%
Heart failure 84 9.8%
Ischaemic heart disease 56 6.5%
Urinary sepsis 28 3.3%
AKI 27 3.1%
Stroke 21 2.4%
Multi-organ failure 25 2.9%
Ischaemic bowel 21 2.4%
Cirrhosis of the liver 14 1.6%
Pulmonary embolus 14 1.6%
Soft tissue infection 13 1.5%
Perforated abdominal viscus 13 1.5%
Haematological malignancy 13 1.5%
Bowel obstruction 9 1.0%
Ruptured aortic aneurysm 9 1.0%
Septicaemia (unspecified) 8 0.9%
Unavailable 57 6.6%