Table 2 Proportions of the underlying cause of death pre- and post-redistribution of heart failure deaths
From: Redistribution of heart failure as the cause of death: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study
Underlying cause of death | By racea | By sex | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Caucasian | African American | Male | Female | |||||
(n = 1,330,997) | (n = 275,023) | (n = 794,546) | (n = 829,355) | |||||
Pre% | Post% | Pre% | Post% | Pre% | Post% | Pre% | Post% | |
Heart failure | 3.3 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 0.0 |
Coronary heart disease | 19.7 | 20.9b | 19.9 | 20.8b | 20.7 | 21.9b | 18.8 | 19.9b |
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 6.9 | 7.2b | 3.2 | 3.4b | 6.2 | 6.4b | 6.3 | 6.5b |
Diabetes | 3.0 | 3.1b | 5.7 | 5.9 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.5b |
Hypertensive heart and kidney disease | 1.5 | 1.6b | 4.1 | 4.3 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.1b |
Cardiomyopathy | 1.1 | 1.2b | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.3b | 1.1 | 1.2b |
Cerebrovascular disease | 7.8 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 8.2 |
Other cardiovascular diseases | 4.7 | 5.1b | 4.0 | 4.2b | 4.4 | 4.7b | 4.8 | 5.2b |
Lower respiratory infections | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.0 |
Cancers | 24.4 | 24.6 | 24.7 | 24.9 | 25.5 | 25.7 | 23.5 | 23.7 |
Digestive diseases | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
Dementia | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 5.1 | 5.2 |
Alzheimer’s disease | 3.9 | 4.0 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
Other diseases | 12.8 | 13.1b | 14.5 | 14.8 | 13.1 | 13.4 | 13 | 13.4b |