Table 2. Major causes of death in entire cohort and in patients with atrial fibrillation according to ICD-10 codes.
| Rank | Total Cohort | AF patients | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICD-10 codes | Number (%) | ICD-10 codes | Number (%) | |
| 1 | Malignant neoplasms (C) | 15,440 (27.6) | Diseases of the circulatory system (I) | 1,701 (38.0) |
| 2 | Diseases of the circulatory system (I) | 12,546 (22.4) | Malignant neoplasms (C) | 1,046 (23.4) |
| 3 | Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S & T) | 6,779 (12.1) | Diseases of the respiratory system (J) | 372 (8.4) |
| 4 | Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R) | 5,978 (10.7) | Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R) | 275 (6.2) |
| 5 | Diseases of the respiratory system (J) | 3,669 (6.6) | Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E) | 253 (5.7) |
| 6 | Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E) | 2,649 (4.7) | Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S & T) | 195 (4.4) |
| 7 | Diseases of the digestive system (K) | 2,496 (4.5) | Diseases of the digestive system (K) | 156 (3.5) |
| 8 | Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A & B) | 1,332 (2.3) | Diseases of the genitourinary system (N) | 124 (2.8) |
| 9 | Diseases of the nervous system (G) | 1,303 (2.3) | Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A & B) | 108 (2.4) |
| 10 | Mental, behavioral and neurodevelopmental disorders (F) | 1,025 (1.8) | Diseases of the nervous system (G) | 71 (1.6) |
AF, atrial fibrillation; ICD, international statistical classification of diseases and related health problems.