From: An autopsy review of sudden unexpected natural deaths in a suburban Nigerian population
System | Causes of death (% per system) | No. of cases | (% of Total) N = 159 | |
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Male (108) | Female (51) | |||
Cardiovascular (N = 45) | Hypertensive heart disease (64.4) | 25 | 4 | 29 (18.2) |
Coronary artery disease (15.6) | 5 | 2 | 7 (4.4) | |
Dilated cardiomyopathy (6.7) | 3 | 0 | 3 (1.9) | |
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (4.4) | 2 | 0 | 2 (1.3) | |
Rheumatic heart disease (4.4) | 1 | 1 | 2 (1.3) | |
Ruptured aortic aneurysm (2.2) | 1 | 0 | 1 (0.6) | |
Constrictive pericarditis (2.2) | 1 | 0 | 1 (0.6) | |
Respiratory (N = 29) | Bacterial pneumonia (34.4) | 9 | 1 | 10 (6.3) |
Aspiration pneumonitis (31.0) | 7 | 2 | 9 (5.7) | |
Tuberculosis (17.2) | 3 | 2 | 5 (3.1) | |
Asthma (17.2) | 5 | 0 | 5 (3.1) | |
Central nervous (N = 20) | Intracerebral hemorrhage (60.0) | 12 | 0 | 12 (7.5) |
Pyogenic meningitis (30.0) | 4 | 2 | 6 (3.8) | |
Epilepsy (5.0) | 1 | 0 | 1 (0.6) | |
Carvenous sinus thrombosis (5.0) | 0 | 1 | 1 (0.6) | |
Cancer-related death (N = 19) | Breast carcinoma (52.6) | 0 | 10 | 10 (6.3) |
Colorectal carcinoma (21.1) | 4 | 0 | 4 (2.5) | |
Pancreatic carcinoma (5.3) | 1 | 0 | 1 (0.6) | |
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (10.5) | 1 | 1 | 2 (1.3) | |
Acute myeloid leukaemia (10.5) | 0 | 2 | 2 (1.3) | |
Obstetric (N = 12) | Spontaneous abortion (58.3) | 0 | 7 | 7 (4.4) |
Ruptured tubal gestation (25.0) | 0 | 3 | 3 (1.9) | |
Anemia in pregnancy (16.7) | 0 | 2 | 2 (1.3) | |
Renal (N = 10) | Chronic glomerulonephritis (100.0) | 8 | 2 | 10 (6.3) |
Lymphoreticular (N = 5) | Sickle cell diseases (55.6) | 2 | 3 | 5 (3.1) |
Gastrointestinal (N = 6) | Gastroenteritis (50.0) | 3 | 0 | 3 (1.9) |
Perforated typhoid enteritis (33.3) | 0 | 2 | 2 (1.3) | |
Perforated duodenal ulcer (16.7) | 1 | 0 | 1 (0.6) | |
Endocrine (N = 8) | Diabetic ketoacidosis (100.0) | 6 | 2 | 8 (5.0) |
Miscellaneous (N = 5) | Tetanus (23.1) | 1 | 2 | 3 (1.9) |
Spontaneous splenic rupture (15.4) | 2 | 0 | 2 (1.3) |