Mortality in Dutch hospitals: Trends in time, place and cause of death after admission for myocardial infarction and stroke. An observational study

Table 5 Underlying cause of death in people who died after hospital admission for stroke

	Deaths due to cva [I61-I69] excl. subarachnoid hemorrhage		Deaths due to other circulatory disorders		Deaths due to other causes		all causes
Time after admission	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Ages 35+
deaths in 0–29 days
1996–1997	5,395	74.4	898	12.4	960	13.2	7,253	100.0
1998–1999	5,459	74.5	823	11.2	1,050	14.3	7,332	100.0
2000–2001	5,651	74.9	838	11.1	1,053	14.0	7,542	100.0
2002–2003	5,717	75.1	878	11.5	1,015	13.3	7,610	100.0
deaths in 30–89 days	^†
1996–1997	1,070	59.3	270	15.0	463	25.7	1,803	100.0
1998–1999	989	57.8	265	15.5	457	26.7	1,711	100.0
2000–2001	1,012	57.6	281	16.0	465	26.5	1,758	100.0
2002–2003	1,036	54.6	311	16.4	549	29.0	1,896	100.0
deaths in 90–364 days	^†				^†
1996–1997	1,044	39.5	563	21.3	1,034	39.2	2,641	100.0
1998–1999	1,064	40.4	513	19.5	1,058	40.2	2,635	100.0
2000–2001	1,024	39.5	514	19.8	1,054	40.7	2,592	100.0
2002–2003	931	35.5	529	20.2	1,160	44.3	2,620	100.0

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