Table 2.
Causes of death based on baseline HDL-c level (mg/dl)
| Overall | ≤30 | 31–40 | 41–50 | 51–60 | >60 | |
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| Females | (N=4846) | (N=348) | (N=707) | (N=1183) | (N=1111) | (N=1497) |
| All Cardiovascular Diseases, (%) | 37.5 | 40.2 | 35.6 | 36.9 | 37.0 | 38.5 |
| Ischemic Heart Diseases, (%) | 17.0 | 20.7 | 18.7 | 16.8 | 16.2 | 16.2 |
| Heart Failure, (%) | 3.0 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.7 |
| Cerebrovascular disease, (%) | 5.2 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 5.7 |
| All Other CV diseases, (%) | 12.3 | 10.9 | 10.2 | 12.1 | 11.9 | 14.0 |
| Malignant Neoplasms, (%) | 20.0 | 18.7 | 21.1 | 19.9 | 21.0 | 19.0 |
| Non-cancer Non-malignancy, (%) | 40.6 | 40.2 | 40.9 | 41.2 | 40.1 | 40.5 |
| Chronic lower respiratory diseases, (%) | 5.7 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.9 |
| Diabetes mellitus, (%) | 5.1 | 7.5 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 4.7 | 3.0 |
| Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis, (%) | 2.3 | 0.57 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 2.2 |
| Alzheimer's disease, (%) | 3.1 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.5 |
| Influenza and pneumonia, (%) | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Septicemia, (%) | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis, (%) | 0.99 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 0.93 | 0.18 | 0.94 |
| Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids, (%) | 0.74 | 1.1 | 0.71 | 0.68 | 1.3 | 0.33 |
| Parkinson's disease, (%) | 0.31 | 0.0 | 0.28 | 0.34 | 0.27 | 0.40 |
| All other diseases, (%) | 18.4 | 16.4 | 16.5 | 16.7 | 19.3 | 20.6 |
| Non-Disease related deaths, (%) | 1.9 | 0.86 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
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| Males | (N=4698) | (N=644) | (N=1306) | (N=1310) | (N=805) | (N=633) |
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| All Cardiovascular Diseases, (%) | 39.4 | 41.1 | 43.0 | 39.2 | 35.8 | 35.4 |
| Ischemic Heart Diseases, (%) | 22.5 | 26.9 | 25.5 | 22.5 | 17.8 | 18.0 |
| Heart Failure, (%) | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.0 |
| Cerebrovascular disease, (%) | 3.8 | 2.3 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.4 |
| All Other CV diseases, (%) | 10.1 | 9.2 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 10.7 | 10.0 |
| Malignant Neoplasms, (%) | 23.2 | 23.6 | 23.6 | 22.4 | 23.5 | 23.4 |
| Non-cancer Non-malignancy, (%) | 34.9 | 33.5 | 30.9 | 35.7 | 37.8 | 39.0 |
| Chronic lower respiratory diseases, (%) | 4.4 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 7.0 |
| Diabetes mellitus, (%) | 5.1 | 6.8 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 3.6 |
| Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis, (%) | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.2 |
| Alzheimer's disease, (%) | 1.3 | 0.47 | 0.77 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 2.8 |
| Influenza and pneumonia, (%) | 2.0 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| Septicemia, (%) | 1.7 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis, (%) | 0.81 | 1.6 | 0.54 | 0.61 | 0.75 | 1.1 |
| Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids, (%) | 1.1 | 0.93 | 0.92 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
| Parkinson's disease, (%) | 0.68 | 0.16 | 0.61 | 0.99 | 0.62 | 0.79 |
| All other diseases, (%) | 14.9 | 13.7 | 13.4 | 15.1 | 16.8 | 16.3 |
| Non-Disease related deaths, (%) | 2.5 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 2.2 |