Table 2 Primary causes of death among new culture positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients, Norway, 1996–2002*
From: Treatment outcome of new culture positive pulmonary tuberculosis in Norway
Tuberculosis mentioned on the death certificate | |
|---|---|
Yes (N = 43) | No (N = 14)) |
Tuberculosis (N = 23)† | Heart failure (N = 1) |
Acute myocardial infarction (N = 3) | Unspecified HIV disease (N = 1) |
Heart failure (N = 2) | Unspecified non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (N = 1) |
Unspecified cardiac arrest (N = 1) | Amyloidosis (N = 1) |
Stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction (N = 2) | Multiple myeloma (N = 1) |
Chronic ishaemic heart disease (N = 2) | Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of opoids (N = 1) |
Paroxysmal tachycardia (N = 1) | Mental and behavioural disorders due to multiple drug use and use of other psychoactive substances (N = 1) |
Other chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (N = 1) | Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (N = 5) |
Unspecified respiratory failure (N = 1) | Liver cell carcinoma (N = 1) |
Unspecified HIV disease (N = 1) | Other ill-defined and specified causes of mortality (N = 1) |
Other acute viral hepatitis (N = 1) | |
Unspecified sepsis (N = 1) | |
Unspecified non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (N = 1) | |
Spinal muscular atrophy and related syndromes (N = 1) | |
Malignant neoplasm of breast (N = 1) | |
Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung (N = 1) | |