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Number of deaths, by cause of death and HTLV status.
| Cause of death | HTLV-I (n = 138) | HTLV-II (n = 358) | HTLV negative (n = 759) | All Subjects (n = 1255) |
| Accident/Trauma | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Cancer | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 |
| Cardiac | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| Cerebrovascular | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Diabetes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Drug-related | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Hepatic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Infection | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Pulmonary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Unknown | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Total deaths | 8 | 19 | 18 | 45 |
| Deaths per group | 5.8% | 5.3% | 2.4% | 3.6% |
| Proportion of all deaths | 17.8% | 42.2% | 40.0% | 100% |
