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 |