Table 3

Causes of death among cases and controls who died during follow-up

Group	Case			Control			p Value
Group	n	Share (%)	Rank	n	Share (%)	Rank	p Value
Cancer, others	207	13.81	1	505	19.70	1	<0.001
COPD	202	13.48	2	130	5.07	6	<0.001
TB	175	11.67	3	1	0.04	19	<0.001
Lung cancer	165	11.01	4	146	5.69	5	<0.001
Heart disease	161	10.74	5	502	19.58	2	<0.001
Others*	141	9.41	6	353	13.77	3	<0.001
Conditions related to alcohol abuse	109	7.27	7	78	3.04	10	<0.001
Stroke	58	3.87	8	208	8.11	4	<0.001
Found dead, unknown cause	45	3.00	9	128	4.99	7	0.003
Pneumonia	45	3.00	10	87	3.39	9	0.497
Other infections (non-TB)	41	2.74	11	66	2.57	12	0.757
Diabetes mellitus	34	2.27	12	55	2.15	13	0.796
Interstitial lung diseases	32	2.13	13	16	0.62	18	<0.001
Abdominal disorders	22	1.47	14	71	2.77	11	0.007
Dementia	14	0.93	15	88	3.43	8	<0.001
Renal insufficiency	14	0.93	16	29	1.13	15	0.554
Liver diseases, non-alcohol related	11	0.73	17	25	0.98	16	0.429
Haematological diseases	9	0.60	18	21	0.82	17	0.432
Neurology (non-stroke)	7	0.47	19	54	2.11	14	<0.001
Substance abuse	7	0.47	20	1	0.04	20	0.003

*Others included a number of different causes of death, each representing a low absolute number.