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Table 4 Most common causes of death during follow-up

From: The risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality in people prescribed mirtazapine: an active comparator cohort study using electronic health records

ICD-10 codes

Chapter/subheading

Number of deaths

Mirtazapine

SSRI

Amitriptyline

Venlafaxine

Total

 

All deaths

213

251

107

28

599

I00–I99

IX. Diseases of the circulatory system

50

70

25

5

159

I20–I25

Ischaemic heart diseases

15

35

15

< 5

69

I60–I69

Cerebrovascular diseases

15

15

5

5

42

I26–I51

Other heart diseases

15

10

< 5

< 5

29

I21–I22

Acute myocardial infarction

< 5

10

< 5

< 5

21

I64

Stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction

5

5

< 5

< 5

20

C00–D48

II. Neoplasms

55

55

35

5

156

C33–C34

Malignant neoplasm of the trachea, bronchus, and lung

5

10

10

< 5

34

C61

Malignant neoplasm of prostate

5

< 5

5

< 5

15

C15

Malignant neoplasm of oesophagus

5

5

< 5

< 5

12

J00–J99

X. Diseases of the respiratory system

35

45

15

5

106

J40–J44

Bronchitis, emphysema, and other chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases

10

20

5

< 5

42

J12–J18

Pneumonia

10

10

5

< 5

38

V01–Y89; U50.9

XX. External causes of morbidity and mortality

15

15

5

< 5

40

X60–X84; Y10–Y341

Intentional self-harm and event of undetermined intent

10

10

< 5

< 5

22

K00–K93

XI. Diseases of the digestive system

10

15

< 5

< 5

36

K70–K77

Diseases of the liver

< 5

5

< 5

< 5

15

F00–F99

V. Mental and behavioural disorders

10

10

< 5

< 5

27

G00–G99

VI. Diseases of the nervous system

5

10

5

< 5

24

R00–R99

XVIII. Symptoms, signs, and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified

5

5

< 5

< 5

13

  1. Causes of death as classified in the ONS Short List Cause of Death [18]. Except for the first row and last column, numbers have been rounded to mask small cell counts
  2. ICD-10 International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision, SSRI selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor