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Table 2 Causes of death from other diseases in 210 patients

From: Risk factors for death from other diseases after curative gastrectomy and lymph node dissection for gastric cancer

Cause of death

Number of patients (%)

Pneumonia

54 (25.7)

Cardiovascular disease

37 (17.6)

Senility

36 (17.1)

Cerebrovascular disease

33 (15.7)

Pulmonary disease

15 (7.1)

Renal failure

13 (6.2)

Cirrhosis/liver failure

  7 (3.3)

Ileus/digestive disease

  6 (2.9)

Collagen and metabolic disease

  5 (2.4)

Sepsis

  4 (1.9)