Table 2.
Distribution of 1322 patients who died, by antidepressant use and cause of death
| Cause of death | Antidepressant use | Total (n. 3449) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (n. 281) | No (n. 3168) | |||||
| n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | |
| Cardiocirculatory system illness | 96 | (34.2) | 760 | (24.0) | 856 | (24.8) |
| Malignancy | 9 | (3.2) | 175 | (5.5) | 184 | (5.3) |
| Endocrine diseases | 3 | (1.1) | 63 | (2.0) | 66 | (1.9) |
| Respiratory illness | 4 | (1.4) | 49 | (1.5) | 53 | (1.5) |
| Others | 29 | (10.3) | 134 | (4.2) | 163 | (4.7) |
| All deaths | 141 | (50.2) | 1181 | (37.3) | 1322 | (38.3) |
Denominator of percentuage is the number of patients surviving beyond 30 days after their discharge from hospital (in the column)