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Table 2 Associated (non-underlying) causes in deaths related to dermatomyositis and polymyositis as an underlying cause, state of São Paulo, 1985 to 2007

From: Trends in dermatomyositis- and polymyositis-related mortality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, 1985-2007: multiple cause-of-death analysis

Associated (non-underlying) causes of death (ICD-9) (ICD-10)

Dermatomyositis

Polymyositis

 

(deaths = 180)

(deaths = 170)

 

n

%

n

%

Pneumonia (480.0-483, 485-486, 507.0) (J12.0-J16.8, J18.0-J18.9, J69.0)

78

43.3

57

33.5

Respiratory failure (7860) (J96)

62

34.4

55

32.4

Interstitial pulmonary disease and other pulmonary diseases (510-519) (J80-J95, J98)

52

28.9

30

17.6

Septicaemia (038.0-038.9) (A40.0-A41.9)

41

22.8

27

15.9

Hypertensive diseases and other heart diseases (401-427, 429) (I10-I49, I51)

21

11.7

21

12.4

Multiple organs failure (7998) (R688)

22

12.2

17

10.0

Heart failure (428.0-428.9) (I50.0-I50.9)

13

7.2

21

12.4

Cardiorespiratory failure (427.5, 799.1) (I46.9, R092)

11

6.1

22

12.9

Diabetes mellitus (250.0-250.9) (E10.0-E14.9)

15

8.3

11

6.5

Shock (785.5) (R57.0-R57.9)

13

7.2

11

6.5

Renal failure (584.5-586) (N17.0-N19)

5

2.8

15

8.8

Malnutrition/Cachexia (260.0-263.9, 799.4) (E40-E46, R64)

6

3.3

11

6.5

Neoplasms (140.0-239.9) (C00.0-D48.9)

13

7.2

0

0.0

Remaining associated causes of death

52

28.9

49

28.8

  1. Source: Fundação Sistema Estadual de Análise de Dados (SEADE)
  2. Percents calculated in relation to the number of deaths
  3. Rubrics and codes of the International Classification of Diseases, Injuries and Causes of Death, Ninth Revision (1985 to 1995)
  4. Rubrics and codes of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision (1996 to 2007)
  5. Data for 1996 are partial