Table 4.
The cause of death among patients with sarcoidosis in Korea, 2008-2013
| Condition (ICD-10 code) | No of observed deaths (%) | ||
| Male | Female | Total | |
| Neoplasms (C00-D48) | 16 (19.0) | 19 (22.6) | 35 (41.7) |
| Malignant neoplasms of colon (C18) | 4 (4.8) | 2 (2.4) | 6 (7.1) |
| Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (C34) | 4 (4.8) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (4.8) |
| Malignant neoplasm of connective tissue of breast (C50) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (4.8) | 4 (4.8) |
| Malignant neoplasm of bone and articular cartilage of other and unspecified sites (C41) | 2 (2.4) | 1 (1.2) | 3 (3.6) |
| others | 6 (7.1) | 12 (14.3) | 18 (21.4) |
| Disease of the respiratory system (J00-J99) | 8 (9.5) | 3 (3.6) | 11 (13.1) |
| Pneumonia, organism unspecified (J18) | 1 (1.2) | 1 (1.2) | 2 (2.4) |
| Other chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (J44) | 2 (2.4) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (2.4) |
| Status asthmaticus (J46) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.2) | 1 (1.2) |
| interstitial pulmonary disease (J84) | 5 (6.0) | 1 (1.2) | 6 (7.1) |
| Sarcoidosis(D86) | 5 (6.0) | 6 (7.1) | 11 (13.1) |
| Diseases of the circulatory system(I00-I99) | 6 (7.1) | 1 (1.2) | 7 (8.3) |
| Acute myocardial infarction (I21) | 1 (1.2) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.2) |
| Chronic ischemic heart disease (I25) | 2 (2.4) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (2.4) |
| Acute myocarditis (I40) | 1 (1.2) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.2) |
| Heart failure (I50) | 1 (1.2) | 1 (1.2) | 2 (2.4) |
| Intracerebral hemorrhage (I61) | 1 (1.2) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.2) |
| Diseases of the nervous system (G00-G99) | 1 (1.2) | 2 (2.4) | 3 (3.6) |
| Encephalitis, myelitis and encephalomyelitis (G04) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.2) | 1 (1.2) |
| Spinal muscular atrophy and related syndromes (G12) | 1 (1.2) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.2) |
| Multiple sclerosis (G35) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.2) | 1 (1.2) |