Table 5.
Causes of death in autopsies
| Cause of death | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
| Cerebrovascular lesion | 33 | 23.6 | 24 | 15.4 | 26 | 18.4 | 83 | 19.0 |
| Sepsis/peritonitis | 22 | 15.7 | 21 | 13.5 | 24 | 17.0 | 67 | 15.3 |
| Cardiopulmonary failure | 20 | 14.3 | 22 | 14.1 | 20 | 14.2 | 62 | 14.2 |
| Myocardial infarction | 14 | 10.0 | 26 | 16.7 | 13 | 9.2 | 53 | 12.1 |
| Pneumonia | 19 | 13.6 | 14 | 9.0 | 19 | 13.5 | 52 | 11.9 |
| Hepatic failure | 7 | 5.0 | 10 | 6.4 | 12 | 8.5 | 29 | 6.6 |
| Malignancy | 6 | 4.3 | 6 | 3.8 | 8 | 5.7 | 20 | 4.6 |
| Pulmonary embolism | 6 | 4.3 | 8 | 5.1 | 3 | 2.1 | 17 | 3.9 |
| Gastrointestinal hemorrhage | 1 | 0.7 | 7 | 4.5 | 5 | 3.5 | 13 | 3.0 |
| Aortic rupture/cardiac tamponade | 4 | 2.9 | 4 | 2.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 1.8 |
| Intestinal ischemia | 1 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 3.5 | 6 | 1.4 |
| Not identified | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Other | 7 | 5.0 | 13 | 8.3 | 6 | 4.3 | 26 | 5.9 |