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Table 1 Frequency of codes listed in Parts I and II of death certificates with heart failure (ICD I50) listed as the underlying cause of death (Brazil, 2006–2016)

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

ICD

Description

n

(%)

I50.0

Heart failure

158,470

17.9

I50.9

Heart failure, unspecified

137,912

15.6

J81X

Pulmonary edema, not elsewhere classified

47,607

5.4

R57.0

Cardiogenic shock

46,734

5.3

R09.2

Respiratory arrest

46,520

5.3

J96.0

Acute respiratory failure

36,986

4.2

J96.9

Respiratory failure, unspecified

34,099

3.8

J18.9

Pneumonia, unspecified organism

28,018

3.2

I10X

Essential (primary) hypertension

27,903

3.1

A41.9

Sepsis, unspecified organism

24,350

2.7

 

Others

297,443

66.4

 

Total

886,042

100.00