Table 3.

Mortality associated with NTC by etiology

Variable (total number = 137)		Survivors, N (%), Total = 103	Nonsurvivors, N (%), Total = 34	P value
Cause	Infections (38)	31 (30)	7 (20.6)	0.043
	Toxic (37)	24 (23.3)	13 (38.2)	0.041
	Status (22)	18 (17.5)	4 (11.8)	0.42
	Metabolic (21)	19 (18.4)	2 (5.9)	0.018
	CNS anomalies (9)	6 (5.8)	3 (8.8)	0.67
	ICH (6)	3 (2.9)	3 (8.8)	0.037
	Drowning (2)	2 (1.9)	0 (0)	0.23
	Unknown (2)	1 (0.95)	1 (2.9)	0.78

CNS = central nervous system; ICH = intracranial hemorrhage; NS = nonsignificant; significant P value < 0.05; N (%) = number (percentage); NTC = nontraumatic coma.