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Table 4 Modes of death among patients who died of non-tuberculosis-related cause

From: Clinical profiles of early and tuberculosis-related mortality in South Korea between 2015 and 2017: a cross-sectional study

Categories

Non-TB-related death (n = 2791)

Acute respiratory failure

528 (18.9%)

Pneumonia

521 (18.7%)

Malignant neoplasm

487 (17.4%)

Septic shock

303 (10.9%)

Sudden cardiac death

242 (8.7%)

Multi-organ failure

168 (6.0%)

Acute kidney injury

60 (2.1%)

Acute hepatic failure

44 (1.6%)

Cerebrovascular disease

34 (1.2%)

Gastrointestinal bleeding

19 (0.7%)

Others internal causes

48 (1.7%)

External cause

35 (1.3%)

Senility

81 (2.9%)

Unknown

221 (7.9%)

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