Table 2.

Leading causes of death in patients surviving a first episode of iTTP and the general US population

iTTP survivors (n = 29)	General US population (2017, CDC)
Relapsed iTTP (27.6%)	Cardiovascular disease (29.5%)
Cardiovascular disease (27.6%)	Cancer (21.3%)
Cancer (20.7%)	Accidents (6%)
Infectious causes (13.8%)	Chronic lung disease (5.7%)
Other/unknown (10.3%)	Alzheimer disease (4.3)
	Infectious causes (3.5%)
	Diabetes (3%)
	Renal disease (1.8%)
	Intentional self-harm (1.8%)
	Cirrhosis (1.5%)
	Parkinson disease (1.1%)
	Pneumonitis (0.7%)
	All other causes (20%)

CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.