Table 3 Relative risk ratios for possible actual underlying causes of deaths attributed to heart failure in men aged 70 to 74 in ICD10

HIV & Tuberculosis

1.00x

1.14x

0.92x

0.80x

1.19x

1.01x

0.95x

1.05x

Respiratory infections

1.00x

1.45x

4.46x

0.73x

1.60x

2.05x

1.20x

1.82x

Other communicable

1.00x

1.82x

0.49x

1.74x

1.84x

1.07x

0.98x

0.70x

Lung cancer

1.00x

0.96x

0.98x

1.26x

1.24x

1.01x

1.80x

1.10x

Liver cancer

1.00x

0.71x

0.96x

1.92x

1.14x

1.08x

1.09x

0.86x

Breast cancer

1.00x

0.92x

1.01x

1.02x

1.10x

1.02x

1.03x

1.02x

Digestive cancers

1.00x

2.03x

0.86x

1.46x

3.70x

0.65x

0.81x

1.05x

Lymphomas/Leukemias

1.00x

1.93x

≤0.1x

2.27x

≤0.1x

≤0.1x

1.81x

≤0.1x

Other cancers

1.00x

3.95x

≤0.1x

6.96x

4.02x

≤0.1x

2.32x

7.05x

Diabetes mellitus

1.00x

≤0.1x

≤0.1x

≤0.1x

≤0.1x

≤0.1x

≤0.1x

≤0.1x

Ischemic heart disease

1.00x

≥10x

0.21x

≤0.1x

0.37x

0.13x

1.08x

0.67x

Stroke

1.00x

1.43x

≥10x

1.19x

0.51x

≤0.1x

1.65x

0.43x

Other CVD

1.00x

0.71x

0.58x

≥10x

0.64x

0.18x

1.07x

0.85x

Chronic respiratory diseases

1.00x

3.06x

3.72x

2.43x

≥10x

4.20x

3.31x

4.50x

Cirrhosis

1.00x

1.41x

1.63x

1.10x

1.68x

≥10x

0.92x

1.60x

Renal failure

1.00x

0.59x

1.07x

0.81x

0.48x

0.20x

≥10x

0.44x

Other NCDs

1.00x

0.59x

1.42x

1.06x

0.90x

0.75x

0.62x

≥10x

Mental & neurological

1.00x

1.97x

2.97x

1.51x

2.58x

≥10x

0.97x

1.17x

Road traffic injuries

1.00x

≥10x

≤0.1x

≤0.1x

≤0.1x

≥10x

≥10x

≥10x

Other unintentional injuries

1.00x

1.14x

1.17x

0.95x

0.28x

2.38x

0.92x

1.11x