TABLE 2A.
Causes of death for Medicare beneficiaries with a FBLP primary payer claim compared with all Medicare beneficiaries, 1999–2016
| Underlying cause of death |
Multiple cause of deatha |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medicare beneficiaries with a FBLP primary payer claim (n = 22,242) |
All Medicare beneficiaries (n = 35,893,251) |
Medicare beneficiaries with a FBLP primary payer claim (n = 22,242) |
All Medicare beneficiaries (n = 35,893,251) |
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| Cause of death (ICD-10-CM codes) | N | % of total deaths | % of total deaths | N | % of total deaths | % of total deaths |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecified (J44.9) | 2254 | 10.1* | 4.8 | 6717 | 30.2* | 10.9 |
| Atherosclerotic heart disease (I25.1) | 2077 | 9.3* | 8.6 | 4701 | 21.1* | 15.9 |
| Coal workers' pneumoconiosis (J60) | 2037 | 9.2* | 0.01 | 4048 | 18.2* | 0.03 |
| Malignant neoplasm: bronchus or lung, unspecified (C34.9) | 1630 | 7.3* | 6.0 | 1859 | 8.4* | 6.5 |
| Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified (I21.9) | 1541 | 6.9* | 6.0 | 2095 | 9.4* | 7.7 |
| Pneumonia, unspecified (J18.9) | 617 | 2.8* | 2.3 | 3208 | 14.4* | 8.3 |
| Congestive heart failure (I50.0) | 611 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 3835 | 17.2* | 12.8 |
| Stroke, not specified as hemorrhage or infarction (I64) | 492 | 2.2* | 3.5 | 1171 | 5.3* | 6.6 |
| Malignant neoplasm of prostate (C61) | 430 | 1.9* | 1.4 | 779 | 3.5* | 2.0 |
| Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, so described (I25.0) | 422 | 1.9* | 2.4 | 791 | 3.6 | 3.3 |
Abbreviations: FBLP, Federal Black Lung Benefits Program; ICD-10-CM, International Classification of Diseases, Clinical Modification 10th revision.
a
Multiple causes of death include the underlying cause of death.
*
p ≤ .05 based on Pearson's χ2 test.