Table 2 Associated Causes with Ischemic Heart Diseases and Underlying Causes related with Ischemic Heart Diseases in Brazil from 2006 to 2020 by geographic region. Distribution by geographic region of the 13 most frequent causes of death listed in death certificates when ischemic heart disease was recorded as the underlying cause of death ("Associated Causes") and the 16 most frequent causes of death listed as the underlying cause of death when ischemic heart disease was recorded in any line of the death certificates ("Underlying Causes") in Brazil from 2006 to 2020. The numbers correspond to the number of times each cause of death was mentioned in the death certificates and are shown in absolute values

Associated

Causes

Total

121,714 (100%)

448,760 (100%)

191,793 (100%)

214,795 (100%)

157,710 (100%)

 < 0.0001

AH

20,732 (17.0%)

79,543 (17.7%)

28,483 (14.9%)

32,833 (15.3%)

21,165 (13.4%)

 < 0.0001

AKD

494 (0.4%)

1,016 (0.2%)

775 (0.4%)

598 (0.3%)

562 (0.4%)

 < 0.0001

AMI

47,603 (39.0%)

170,506 (38.0%)

64,810 (33.8%)

77,305 (36.0%)

56,018 (35.4%)

 < 0.0001

CIHD

7,876 (6.5%)

43,568 (9.7%)

21,248 (11.1%)

26,714 (12.4%)

22,647 (14.4%)

 < 0.0001

CKD

560 (0.5%)

1,224 (0.3%)

938 (0.5%)

1,104 (0.5%)

616 (0.4%)

 < 0.0001

COPD

416 (0.3%)

1,051 (0.2%)

1,012 (0.5%)

841 (0.4%)

1,251 (0.8%)

 < 0.0001

DEP

810 (0.7%)

5,442 (1.2%)

2,948 (1.5%)

2,109 (1.0%)

1,913 (1.2%)

 < 0.0001

DM

2,768 (2.3%)

11,110 (2.5%)

4,852 (2.5%)

5,656 (2.6%)

3,638 (2.3%)

 < 0.0001

GC

19,268 (15.8%)

57,798 (12.9%)

30,816 (16.1%)

27,907 (13.0%)

22,804 (14.5%)

 < 0.0001

HF

18,322 (15.1%)

69,488 (15.5%)

31,241 (16.3%)

34,446 (16.0%)

22,671 (14.4%)

 < 0.0001

Infections

2,034 (1.7%)

4,736 (1.1%)

3,547 (1.8%)

3,614 (1.7%)

3,031 (1.9%)

 < 0.0001

PE

223 (0.2%)

1037 (0.2%)

424 (0.2%)

853 (0.4%)

523 (0.3%)

 < 0.0001

Stroke

608 (0.5%)

2241 (0.5%)

699 (0.4%)

815 (0.4%)

871 (0.6%)

 < 0.0001

Underlying

Causes

Total

58,635 (100%)

216,439 (100%)

84,742 (100%)

100,590 (100%)

79,376 (100%)

 < 0.0001

AKD

156 (0.3%)

288 (0.1%)

109 (0.1%)

115 (0.1%)

97 (0.1%)

 < 0.0001

Alzheimer's

56 (0.1%)

299 (0.1%)

109 (0.1%)

259 (0.3%)

221 (0.3%)

 < 0.0001

AMI

45,872 (78.2%)

166,822 (77.2%)

62,712 (74.4%)

74,905 (74.4%)

55,674 (70.0%)

 < 0.0001

CA

179 (0.3%)

467 (0.2%)

292 (0.3%)

293 (0.3%)

357 (0.4%)

 < 0.0001

ChD

84 (0.1%)

558 (0.3%)

550 (0.6%)

203 (0.2%)

45 (0.1%)

 < 0.0001

CIHD

3,402 (5.8%)

15,913 (7.4%)

8,813 (10.4%)

10,788 (10.7%)

11,651 (14.7%)

 < 0.0001

CKD

165 (0.3%)

436 (0.2%)

203 (0.2%)

299 (0.3%)

212 (0.3%)

 < 0.0001

COPD

757 (1.3%)

1,731 (0.8%)

1,211 (1.4%)

1,178 (1.2%)

1,566 (2.0%)

 < 0.0001

COVID-19

234 (0.4%)

308 (0.1%)

175 (0.2%)

115 (0.1%)

21 (0.0%)

 < 0.0001

DEP

190 (0.3%)

1,122 (0.5%)

526 (0.6%)

282 (0.3%)

352 (0.4%)

 < 0.0001

DLP

240 (0.4%)

1,495 (0.7%)

865 (1.0%)

787 (0.8%)

554 (0.7%)

 < 0.0001

DM

5,249 (9.0%)

20,349 (9.4%)

6,301 (7.4%)

7,538 (7.5%)

6,354 (8.0%)

 < 0.0001

HF

482 (0.8%)

1.941 (0.9%)

1,030 (1.2%)

1,280 (1.3%)

696 (0.9%)

 < 0.0001

Infections

475 (0.8%)

748 (0.3%)

456 (0.5%)

945 (0.9%)

367 (0.5%)

 < 0.0001

Obesity

219 (0.4%)

871 (0.4%)

615 (0.7%)

524 (0.5%)

444 (0.6%)

 < 0.0001

Stroke

875 (1.5%)

3,091 (1.4%)

775 (0.9%)

1,079 (1.1%)

765 (1.0%)

 < 0.0001