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Table 2b Number (%) of deaths and incidence rates (95% CI) per 100 person-years stratified by outcome (i.e., control, DVT, and PE) and type of death (i.e., all-cause, non-CV death, CV death, all cancer death, and other death) among 359,884 patients who sought care at a participating emergency department in Stockholm, Sweden during 1st January 2016 to 31st December 2017

From: Causes of death after first time venous thromboembolism

Type of death

n (%)

Rate/100 py (95% CI)

Total

Control

DVT

PE

All cause death

25,307 (7.0)

3.2 (3.1–3.2)

8.0 (7.4–8.6)

17.9 (16.8–19.1)

Non-CV death

17,868 (5.0)

2.2 (2.2–2.3)

6.5 (6.0–7.1)

14.4 (13.4–15.5)

CV death

7,439 (2.1)

1.0 (0.9-1.0)

1.4 (1.2–1.7)

3.5 (3.0–4.1)

All cancer death

7,535 (2.1)

0.9 (0.9–0.9)

4.2 (3.8–4.7)

9.6 (8.8–10.5)

Other death

10,333 (2.9)

1.3 (1.3–1.4)

2.3 (2.0–2.6)

4.8 (4.2–5.4)

  1. CI = confidence interval, CV = cardiovascular, VTE = venous thromboembolism, PE = pulmonary embolism