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Table 4 Gastrointestinal tract and cardiovascular causes

From: An autopsy review of five hundred and sixty nine non-traumatic brought in dead patients in Lagos, Nigeria

 

Frequency

Percentage

Gastrointestinal Tract

 Enterocolitis

33

35.1

 Intestinal Obstruction

10

10.6

 Hepatitis

3

3.2

 Gastroenteritis

18

19.1

 Duodenal Ulcer

5

5.3

 Perforated Gastric Ulcer

19

20.2

 Typhoid Enteritis

6

6.4

 Total

94

100.0

Cardiovascular causes

 Valvular heart failure

6

4.1

 Senile myocardial degeneration

1

0.7

 Thromboembolism

33

22.8

 Coronary artery thrombosis

30

20.7

 Obstetrics haemorrhage

33

22.8

 Post surgery haemorrhage

10

6.9

 Bleeding Gastric Ulcer

5

3.4

 Ruptured Oesophageal varices

3

2.1

 Electrocution

24

16.5

 Total

145

100