Table 3. The cause-specific mortality rate and standardized mortality ratio in patients with atrial fibrillation according to ICD-10 code (the first code).
| Total | Men | Women | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deatha | MRb | SMR (95% CI) | Death | MR | SMR (95% CI) | Death | MR | SMR (95% CI) | |
| Diseases of the circulatory system (I) | 1,701 (38.0) | 24.0 | 5.69 (5.42–5.96) | 796 (32.8) | 21.2 | 5.25 (4.89–5.61) | 905 (44.1) | 27.2 | 5.91 (5.52–6.29) |
| Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-9) | 732 (16.3) | 10.3 | 5.14 (4.77–5.51) | 341 (14.1) | 9.1 | 4.51 (4.04–4.99) | 391 (19.1) | 11.7 | 5.57 (5.02–6.13) |
| Ischemic heart diseases (I20-5) | 368 (8.2) | 5.2 | 5.28 (4.74–5.82) | 189 (7.8) | 5.0 | 4.92 (4.22–5.62) | 179 (8.7) | 5.4 | 5.38 (4.59–6.17) |
| Hypertensive diseases (I10-3) | 151 (3.4) | 2.13 | 5.47 (4.59–6.34) | 63 (2.6) | 1.68 | 6.6 (4.97–8.23) | 88 (4.3) | 2.64 | 4.94 (3.91–5.97) |
| Heart failure (I50) | 145 (3.2) | 2.04 | 6.99 (5.85–8.13) | 59 (2.4) | 1.57 | 7.85 (5.85–9.86) | 86 (4.2) | 2.58 | 6.56 (5.17–7.94) |
| Other circulatory diseases | 305 (6.8) | 4.31 | 7.91 (7.02–8.79) | 144 (5.9) | 3.84 | 6.99 (5.85–8.13) | 161 (7.8) | 4.83 | 8.51 (7.2–9.83) |
| Malignant neoplasms (C) | 1,046 (23.4) | 14.8 | 3.03 (2.84–3.21) | 714 (29.4) | 19.1 | 2.91 (2.70–3.13) | 332 (16.2) | 10.0 | 2.81 (2.51–3.11) |
| Diseases of the respiratory system (J) | 372 (8.4) | 5.3 | 5.30 (3.53–3.17) | 250 (10.3) | 6.7 | 3.64 (3.28–4.09) | 122 (6.0) | 3.7 | 2.89 (2.38–3.40) |
| Other causes | 1,434 (32.0) | 20.3 | 2.75 (2.61–2.89) | 782 (32.2) | 20.9 | 2.61 (2.43–2.79) | 652 (31.8) | 19.6 | 2.72 (2.51–2.92) |
| Overall | 4,479 (100) | 63.3 | 3.67 (3.56–3.78) | 2,427 (100) | 64.8 | 3.35 (3.21–3.48) | 2,052 (100) | 61.6 | 3.81 (3.65–3.98) |
aDeath events were presented as number (percentage).
bMR was presented as the number of death per 1,000 person-year.
AF, atrial fibrillation; CI, confidence interval; ICD, international statistical classification of diseases and related health problems; MR, mortality rate; SMR, standardized mortality ratio