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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jan 10.
Published in final edited form as: Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2022 Jan 10;36(2):156–161. doi: 10.1097/WAD.0000000000000489

Table 2:

The causes related to death and causes of death were classified according to the ICD-10 and are presented below in descending order.

Disease ICD-10 CoD – n (%) CrD – n (%)
Cardiovascular diseases I 569 (69.4%) 641 (78.8%)
Ischemic heart diseases I20, I21, I22, I23, I24, I25 288 (35.4%) 355 (43.7%)
Pulmonary embolism I26, I27 83 (10.2%) 84 (10.3%)
Hypertension-related diseases I10, I11, I12 66 (8.1%) 187 (23%)
Pericarditis I30, I31 47 (5.8%) 48 (6%)
Systemic atherosclerosis I70 3 (0.3%) 319 (39.3%)
Pneumonia J06, J18, J20, J69, J85 100 (12.3%) 105 (12.9%)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary related disease J42, J43, J44 11 (1.3%) 35 (4%)
Digestive system diseases K 38 (4.7%) 65 (8%)
Diabetes E14 0 97 (11.9%)
Cancer C 16 (2.0%) 69 (8.5%)
Anemia D50, D53, D57, D64, D68 14 (1.7%) 14 (1.7%)
Urinary tract infection N10, N11, N30, N39 3 (0.3%) 7 (1.9%)
Chronic and acute renal disease N03, N08, N12, N15, N18, N25, N35 0 5 (0.6%)
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Number of cases (n) and its percentage (%)

Notes: ICD-10: International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 2010, CrD: Causes related to Death, CoD: Causes of Death