Table 3.

Cause of death in men and women with heart failure

Cause of death subgroup	Men, n (%)	Women, n (%)
Diseases of the circulatory system	8883 (56.1)	8324 (55.2)
Heart failure, primary cause	965 (6.10)	1272 (8.43)
Heart failure, any cause of death a	6618 (41.8)	6475 (42.9)
Diseases of the respiratory system	2461 (15.6)	2464 (16.3)
Neoplasms	2295 (14.5)	1559 (10.3)
Other causes of death	2183 (13.8)	2737 (18.1)

^a Includes patients for whom heart failure may have been the primary, or a contributory cause of death. Subgroups accounting for more than 10% of all deaths are reported.