Table 3.
Age‐standardized mortality rates (ASMR; per 10,000 cat‐years at risk) with 95% confidence intervals (95% CI), by diagnostic category for categories with at least 80 deaths and for the most common specific diagnostic codes (≥ 20 deaths) in cats covered by life insurance during 1999–2006 at a Swedish animal insurance company.
| Category | Specific Diagnosis | Deaths | ASMR | 95% CI | PM (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urinary | 907 | 64 | 52, 75 | 20 | |
| Kidney/ureter a | 713 | 50 | 39, 60 | 16 | |
| Lower urinary problems | 194 | 14 | 8, 19 | 4 | |
| Traumatic | 582 | 42 | 32, 51 | 13 | |
| Traffic accidents b | 411 | 29 | 21, 38 | 9 | |
| Other traumatic deaths | 153 | 11 | 6, 16 | 3 | |
| Neoplastic | 528 | 37 | 28, 46 | 12 | |
| Mammary tumor | 147 | 10 | 6, 15 | 3 | |
| Stomach/intestinal | 87 | 6 | 3, 10 | 2 | |
| Lymphoma/lymphosarcoma | 54 | 4 | 1, 7 | 1 | |
| Lung tumor | 42 | 3 | 0, 5 | 1 | |
| Tumor in the mouth | 24 | 2 | 0, 4 | 1 | |
| Tumor (unspecified) | 23 | 2 | 0, 3 | 1 | |
| Abdominal/peritoneal tumor | 20 | 1 | 0, 3 | 0 | |
| Liver tumor | 21 | 1 | 0, 3 | 0 | |
| Infections | 437 | 33 | 24, 41 | 10 | |
| Infection—viral origin c | 407 | 31 | 22, 39 | 9 | |
| Infection (unspecified) | 24 | 2 | 0, 4 | 1 | |
| Dead, no diagnosis | 428 | 30 | 22, 39 | 9 | |
| Cardiovascular | 421 | 30 | 22, 38 | 9 | |
| Cardiomyopathy | 181 | 13 | 8, 18 | 4 | |
| Heart (other) | 80 | 6 | 2, 9 | 2 | |
| Anemia | 62 | 4 | 1, 7 | 1 | |
| Thrombosis | 44 | 3 | 1, 5 | 1 | |
| Gastrointestinal | 383 | 28 | 20, 35 | 8 | |
| Vomiting | 139 | 10 | 5, 15 | 3 | |
| Liver | 127 | 9 | 5, 13 | 3 | |
| Constipation | 33 | 2 | 0, 4 | 1 | |
| Mouth problems | 25 | 2 | 0, 3 | 1 | |
| Respiratory | 279 | 20 | 13, 26 | 6 | |
| Chylo/hemo/pyothorax | 70 | 5 | 2, 8 | 2 | |
| Lower respiratory (other) | 62 | 4 | 1, 7 | 1 | |
| Pneumonia | 55 | 4 | 1, 7 | 1 | |
| Dyspnea | 33 | 2 | 0, 4 | 1 | |
| Rhinitis/sinusitis | 30 | 2 | 0, 4 | 1 | |
| Neurological | 138 | 10 | 5, 14 | 3 | |
| Neurological (unspecified) | 42 | 3 | 1, 5 | 1 | |
| Neurological‐peripheral nervous system | 38 | 3 | 0, 5 | 1 | |
| Neurological‐central nervous system | 26 | 2 | 0, 4 | 1 | |
| Epilepsy | 26 | 2 | 0, 4 | 1 | |
| Hormonal/metabolic | 98 | 7 | 3, 11 | 2 | |
| Diabetes mellitus | 83 | 6 | 2, 9 | 2 | |
| Anorexia | 80 | 6 | 2, 9 | 2 |
Also shown is the proportional mortality (PM) in percent for each system (number of cases with a specific diagnosis divided by the total number of cases (n=4,591) with a diagnosis).
Seventy‐nine of the 713 (11%) cases had the original diagnosis “cyst in kidney.”
Twenty‐one of the 411 cases (5%) had the original diagnosis “fall from height.”
Three hundred and fifty of the 407 cases (86%) had the original diagnosis “FIP infection.”