Diagnoses of death in 4467 patients with initial hospitalisation for heart failure who died within 30 days from admission to one of the 90 Swedish acute care hospitals (period 1992–1995)
ICD-9 code | Number of patients | Percentage of men | Percentage of all diagnoses | Cumulative percentage | |
Chronic ischaemic heart disease | 414 | 1010 | 57 | 22.6 | 22.6 |
Acute myocardial infarction | 410 | 915 | 59 | 20.5 | 43.1 |
Heart failure | 428 | 427 | 52 | 9.6 | 52.7 |
Arteriosclerosis | 440 | 173 | 60 | 3.9 | 56.5 |
Pneumonia | 486 | 127 | 55 | 2.8 | 59.4 |
Diseases of endocardium (valve disorder) | 424 | 123 | 43 | 2.8 | 62.1 |
Ill defined complications of heart disease | 429 | 110 | 52 | 2.5 | 64.6 |
Old myocardial infarction | 412 | 102 | 71 | 2.3 | 66.9 |
Arrhythmias | 427 | 100 | 45 | 2.2 | 69.1 |
Diabetes mellitus | 250 | 83 | 55 | 1.9 | 71.0 |
Pulmonary embolism and infarction | 415 | 51 | 59 | 1.1 | 72.1 |
Stroke | 434–436 | 85 | 58 | 1.9 | 74.0 |