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Table 3 Underlying Causes of Deaths Associated With Infective Endocarditis in Finland during 2004–2016

From: Occurrence of fatal infective endocarditis: a population-based study in Finland

Underlying cause of death

N

%

Endocarditis

352

46.7

Septicemia

87

11.5

Other infection

21

2.8

Cardiovascular/circulatory diseasea

123

16.3

Neoplasm/blood diseasea

48

6.4

Psychiatric diseasea

30

4.0

Digestive tract diseasea

25

3.3

Endocrinological diseasea

18

2.4

Musculoskeletal/Connective tissue diseasea

17

2.7

External causes/Accidents

12

1.6

Congenital malformations

6

0.8

Respiratory tract diseasea

6

0.8

Nervous system diseasea

3

0.4

Skin/Subcutaneous tissue diseasea

3

0.4

Genitourinary diseasea

3

0.4

  1. aExcluding infections