Table 3 Numbers and percent of autopsies and diagnosis confirmation among the different groups of causes of death that may be at the origin of a sudden cardiac death, among people aged from 5 to 39 between 2000 and 2007, in the Vaud Canton of Switzerland
From: Sudden cardiac death in the young (5-39 years) in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland
Cases | Autopsy act codified as performed | Autopsy act codified as not performed | Unknown if autopsy was performed | Cause of death confirmed after an autopsy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | |||||
All diseases of the circulatory system included | 71 (6.3%) | 34 (47.9%) | 32 (45.1%) | 5 (7.0%) | 14 (41.2%) |
Diseases of the circulatory system, potential sudden deaths | 40 (3.6%) | 19 (47.5%) | 18 (45.0%) | 3 (7.5%) | 4 (21.1%) |
Deaths by ill-defined and unknown causes | 124 (11.1%) | 17 (13.7%) | 13 (10.5%) | 94 (75.8%) | 2 (11.8%) |
Transport accidents | 140 (12.5%) | 39 (27.9%) | 60 (42.9%) | 41 (29.3%) | 13 (33.3%) |
Drowning/submersion | 16 (1.4%) | 11 (68.8%) | 4 (25.0%) | 1 (6.2%) | 4 (36.4%) |
General/ all deaths | 1122 (100%) | 352 (31.4%) | 507 (45.2%) | 263 (23.4%) | 130 (36.9%) |