Sudden cardiac death in the young (5-39 years) in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland

Table 2 Deaths classified as “deaths with ill-defined and unknown causes”

		Age
		5-9	10-14	15-19	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	5-39
Men	R09.2 Respiratory arrest		1			1	5	9	16
	R96.0 Instantaneous death						1		1
	R98 Unattended death							2	2
	R99 Other ill-defined and unspecified causes of mortality	2	1	7	11	9	13	24	67
Women	R09.2 Respiratory arrest					1	2		3
	R98 Unattended death						1		1
	R99 Other ill-defined and unspecified causes of mortality		1	3	5	5	10	7	31
Total		2	3	10	16	16	32	42	121

Causes of death (numbers of cases) between 2000 and 2007 classified under to be due to “deaths with ill-defined and unknown causes” among individuals from 5 to 39 years in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland (data received from IUMSP).

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