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From: Heart failure quantified by underlying cause and multiple cause of death in Brazil between 2006 and 2016

Fig. 4

Frequency of ICD-10 codes cited as the underlying cause of death when code I50 was mentioned anywhere in Parts I and II of the death certificate, according to geographic region (A-E) and in the entire country (F), Brazil, 2006–2016. Total number of deaths: North: 50,555; Northeast: 253,182; Southeast: 495,976; South: 196,172; Midwest: 78,153; Brazil: 1,074,038. ICD-10 codes: I50.x: congestive heart failure; I11.0: hypertensive heart disease with (congestive) heart failure; I21.9: acute myocardial infarction, unspecified; E14.9: unspecified diabetes mellitus; J18.9: pneumonia, unspecified; J44.9: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecified; I64: stroke, not specified as hemorrhage or infarction; I42.0: dilated cardiomyopathy; I25.9: chronic ischemic heart disease, unspecified; B57.2: Chagas disease (chronic) with heart involvement

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