Volume 25, Number 2—February 2019
CME ACTIVITY - Research
Acute and Delayed Deaths after West Nile Virus Infection, Texas, USA, 2002–2012
David C.E. Philpott1, Melissa S. Nolan, Nicole Evert, Bonny Mayes, Dawn Hesalroad, Eric Fonken, and Kristy O. Murray
Table 2
Causes of convalescent-phase death in persons given a diagnosis of West Nile fever or WNND, Texas, USA, 2002–2012*
| ICD-10 code | Cause of death or disorder | WNND |
Non-WNND |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. deaths observed | No. deaths expected | SMR (95% CI) | No. deaths observed | No. deaths expected | SMR (95% CI) | |||
| Any | All cause | 210 | 187 | 1.13 (0.99–1.29) | 58 | 81.08 | 0.72 (0.55–0.93) | |
| A00-B99 | Infectious | 26 | 5.49 | 4.74 (3.22–6.94) | 3 | 2.57 | 1.17 (0.38–3.62) | |
| C00-D48 | Neoplasms | 33 | 43.89 | 0.75 (0.53–1.06) | 12 | 19.06 | 0.63 (0.36–1.11) | |
| E00-E90 | Endocrine | 11 | 8.13 | 1.35 (0.75–2.44) | 3 | 3.60 | 0.83 (0.27–2.58) | |
| F00-F99 | Mental and behavioral | 13 | 8.96 | 1.45 (0.84–2.50) | 1 | 3.86 | 0.26 (0.04–1.84) | |
| G00-G99 | Nervous system | 11 | 10.70 | 1.03 (0.57–1.86) | 4 | 4.51 | 0.89 (0.33–2.36) | |
| I00-I99 | Circulatory system | 64 | 63.44 | 1.01 (0.79–1.29) | 18 | 26.99 | 0.67 (0.42–1.06) | |
| J00-J99 | Respiratory system | 13 | 19.70 | 0.66 (0.38–1.14) | 7 | 8.12 | 0.86 (0.41–1.81) | |
| K00-K93 | Digestive system | 9 | 6.82 | 1.32 (0.69–2.53) | 1 | 3.24 | 0.31 (0.04–2.19) | |
| N00-N99 | Genitourinary system | 13 | 5.40 | 2.41 (1.40–4.15) | 2 | 2.30 | 0.87 (0.22–3.47) | |
| N00-N19 | Renal disease | 11 | 4.25 | 2.59 (1.43–4.67) | 1 | 1.81 | 0.55 (0.08–3.92) | |
| R00-R99 | Other | 5 | 2.53 | 1.97 (0.82–4.74) | 2 | 1.18 | 1.70 (0.43–6.80) | |
| W00-Y98 | External forces | 10 | 6.86 | 1.46 (0.78–2.71) | 3 | 3.77 | 0.80 (0.26–2.47) | |
*Deaths and SMRs were calculated only for cases with information about age available and in which death occurred >90 d after symptom onset. SMR was 1 when there was no increased risk. ICD-10, International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision; SMR, standardized mortality ratio adjusted for current age, sex, and calendar year; WNND, West Nile neuroinvasive disease.
1Current affiliation: Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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