Table 3. Causes of death among patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome in Korea, 2002–2018.
| Diseases | Observed deaths | Expected deaths | SMR (95% CI) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | |
| Total | 1,403 | 927 | 476 | 710.5 | 458.8 | 251.8 | 1.97 (1.87–2.08) | 2.02 (1.89–2.15) | 1.89 (1.72–2.07) |
| Neoplasms (C00–D48) | 302 | 225 | 77 | 210.9 | 151.5 | 59.3 | 1.43 (1.28–1.60) | 1.48 (1.30–1.69) | 1.30 (1.02–1.62) |
| Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases (E00–E90) | 59 | 30 | 29 | 33.9 | 19.8 | 14.1 | 1.74 (1.33–2.25) | 1.52 (1.02–2.17) | 2.05 (1.37–2.95) |
| Diseases of the nervous system (G00–G99) | 381 | 226 | 155 | 19.3 | 10.4 | 8.9 | 19.75 (17.8–21.8) | 21.77 (19.0–24.8) | 17.39 (14.8–20.4) |
| Diseases of the circulatory system (I00–I99) | 198 | 121 | 77 | 165.4 | 94.9 | 70.5 | 1.20 (1.04–1.38) | 1.27 (1.06–1.52) | 1.09 (0.86–1.37) |
| Diseases of the respiratory system (J00–J99) | 111 | 74 | 37 | 64.3 | 44.3 | 20.0 | 1.73 (1.42–2.08) | 1.67 (1.31–2.10) | 1.85 (1.30–2.55) |
| External causes of morbidity and mortality (V01–Y98) | 90 | 70 | 20 | 67.1 | 50.3 | 16.9 | 1.34 (1.08–1.65) | 1.39 (1.09–1.76) | 1.19 (0.72–1.83) |
| Others (A00–B99, D50–89, F00–F99, H00–H95, K00–K93, L00–L99, M00–M99, N00–N99, O00–O99, P00–P96, Q00–Q99, R00–R99) | 262 | 181 | 81 | 149.7 | 87.6 | 62.1 | 1.75 (1.54–1.98) | 2.07 (1.78–2.39) | 1.31 (1.04–1.62) |
CI, confidence interval; SMR, standardized mortality ratio.