Table 5.
Most Common Causes of Death Among Reports in Persons Aged ≥18 Years (n = 526) in the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, 1 July 1997–31 December 2013
| ICD-10 Major Group | No. (%) |
|---|---|
| Diseases of the circulatory systema | 247 (46.9) |
| Ischemic heart disease | 119 |
| Other forms of heart disease | 74 |
| Cerebrovascular diseases | 15 |
| Hypertensive diseases | 16 |
| Diseases of the respiratory system | 77 (14.6) |
| Pneumonia | 34 |
| Chronic lower respiratory diseases | 20 |
| Other diseases of the respiratory system | 13 |
| Certain infections and parasitic diseases | 62 (11.8) |
| Septicemia, sepsis | 48 |
| Diseases of the nervous system | 43 (8.2) |
| Malignant neoplasms | 20 (3.8) |
| Injury, poisoning, and certain other consequences of external causes | 20 (3.8) |
| Other causes of death | 57 (10.8) |
Abbreviation: ICD-10, International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision.
a
Pulmonary heart disease and diseases of pulmonary circulation (n = 12), diseases of arteries, arterioles, and capillaries (n = 7), diseases of veins, lymphatic vessels, and lymph nodes, not elsewhere classified (n = 3).