Table 1

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