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. 2014 Apr 3;146(2):476–495. doi: 10.1378/chest.14-0527

TABLE 11 .

] Distribution of Underlying Cause of Death Among Decedents With Reported Pulmonary Hypertension by Race/Sex Groups, 2010

Disease Category: ICD-10 codes Total NH White Men NH Black Men Hispanic Men NH White Women NH Black Women Hispanic Women
Diseases of the circulatory system (54.2%)
 Pulmonary hypertension: I27.0, I27.2, I27.8, I27.9 30.2 (6,436) 26.1 (1,741) 31.4 (322) 23.2 (82) 31.8 (3,273) 35.9 (659) 32.5 (201)
 Coronary heart disease: I20-I25 10.3 (2,184) 13.8 (921) 8.5 (87) 9.3 (33) 9.2 (945) 6.6 (121) 5.2 (32)
 Valvular heart disease, nonrheumatic: I34-I38 4.1 (879) 3.5 (235) 1.7 (17) 2.8 (10) 5.4 (551) 1.6 (29) 3.1 (19)
 Aortic stenosis: I06.0, I35.0, I35.2 1.6 (350) 1.4 (92) a a 2.2 (230) 0.5 (10) 0.8 (5)
 Hypertension: I10-I15 1.6 (336) 1.1 (70) 2.8 (29) 2.0 (7) 1.6 (168) 2.7 (50) 1.3 (8)
 Rheumatic heart disease: I00-I09 1.5 (332) 0.8 (54) a a 2.2 (225) 0.9 (16) 1.6 (10)
 Pulmonary embolism: I26 0.7 (145) 0.7 (45) 0.8 (8) a 0.7 (68) 1.0 (18) a
 Heart failure: I50 0.4 (95) 0.5 (31) a a 0.5 (48) 0.5 (9) a
 Other cardiovascular/cerebrovascular disease: I27.1, I28-I33, I40-I49, I51-I78 3.7 (784) 3.4 (226) 5.8 (60) 3.7 (13) 3.7 (381) 4.0 (74) 2.7 (17)
Respiratory disorder or infection (28.4%)
 Chronic lower respiratory disease: J40-J47 19.0 (4,041) 23.2 (1,547) 15.4 (158) 12.2 (43) 18.9 (1939) 11.8 (216) 11.1 (69)
  Emphysema only: J43 1.4 (295) 1.8 (123) 1.1 (11) a 1.3 (138) 0.8 (15) a
 Interstitial lung disease: J84 4.9 (1,043) 6.2 (413) 4.6 (47) 11.0 (39) 3.9 (401) 4.0 (73) 6.1 (38)
 Influenza and pneumonia: J09-J18 1.2 (254) 0.9 (63) 1.7 (17) 1.7 (6) 1.2 (127) 0.9 (17) 2.1 (13)
All other respiratory diseases: J00-06, J20-J39, J60-J70, J85-J98 1.9 (408) 2.4 (159) 3.6 (37) 3.4 (12) 1.3 (135) 2.5 (45) 1.8 (11)
Autoimmune diseases: M05-M06, M08, M30-35 2.4 (514) 0.9 (61) 1.5 (15) a 2.8 (283) 4.9 (90) 6.9 (43)
Congenital malformations, deformation, and chromosomal abnormalities: Q00-Q99 1.6 (334) 1.3 (89) 2.3 (24) 5.4 (19) 1.1 (114) 2.2 (41) 4.0 (25)
Malignant neoplasms of the trachea, bronchus, and lung: C34 1.5 (320) 1.8 (121) 1.7 (17) a 1.4 (141) 0.8 (15) 1.6 (10)
Diabetes mellitus: E10-E14 1.5 (312) 1.5 (97) 1.8 (18) 1.4 (5) 1.3 (132) 1.7 (32) 2.6 (16)
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27 1.1 (238) 0.9 (63) 1.2 (12) 1.4 (5) 1.1 (117) 1.3 (23) 1.3 (8)
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis: K70, K73-74 0.8 (175) 0.8 (56) 1.0 (10) 2.8 (10) 0.7 (69) 0.5 (9) 2.4 (15)
Malignant neoplasms of lymphoid, hematopoietic, and related tissue: C81-C96 0.7 (150) 0.8 (50) 0.9 (9) a 0.7 (69) 0.7 (13) a
Sleep apnea: G47.3 0.6 (134) 0.7 (48) 1.0 (10) a 0.5 (48) 1.0 (18) a
Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period: P00-P96 0.1 (27) a 0.5 a a a a
All other causes 8.5 (1,811) 7.1 (474) 11.4 (117) 13.6 (48) 7.9 (808) 13.8 (254) 10.0 (62)
Total (21,292) (6,660) (1,026) (353) (1,027) (1,836) (619)

Data are presented as % (No.). See Table 2 and 3 legends for expansion of abbreviations.

a

Death counts and percentages are suppressed if the number of deaths is fewer than five.