Table 3.
Top 10 Leading Underlying Causes of Death by Cognitive Status.
| No cognitive impairment |
Mild cognitive impairment |
Moderate/severe cognitive impairment |
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| Cause of death | n | % | Cause of death | n | % | Cause of death | n | % | |
| 1 | Heart disease | 2,310 | 30.3 | Heart disease | 196 | 30.8 | Heart disease | 404 | 28.1 |
| 2 | Malignant neoplasm | 2,062 | 27.1 | Malignant neoplasm | 110 | 17.3 | Nonrankable causes | 259 | 18.0 |
| 3 | Nonrankable causes | 839 | 11.0 | Nonrankable causes | 70 | 11.0 | AD/dementia | 173 | 12.0 |
| 4 | Lower respiratory disease | 466 | 6.1 | Cerebrovascular | 57 | 9.0 | Malignant neoplasm | 138 | 9.6 |
| 5 | Cerebrovascular | 438 | 5.8 | War related | 31 | 4.9 | Cerebrovascular | 113 | 7.9 |
| 6 | War related | 348 | 4.6 | Influenza and pneumonia | 30 | 4.7 | Lower respiratory disease | 72 | 5.0 |
| 7 | Diabetes | 230 | 3.0 | Lower respiratory disease | 25 | 3.9 | War related | 50 | 3.5 |
| 8 | Influenza and pneumonia | 175 | 2.3 | Diabetes | 23 | 3.6 | Diabetes | 46 | 3.2 |
| 9 | Nephritis | 146 | 1.9 | AD/dementia | 21 | 3.3 | Influenza and pneumonia | 44 | 3.1 |
| 10 | Septicemia | 106 | 1.4 | Atherosclerosis | 10 | 1.6 | Nephritis | 40 | 2.8 |
| All other | 497 | 6.5 | All other | 63 | 9.9 | All other | 99 | 6.9 | |
Note. AD = Alzheimer’s disease.