Table 2 Cause of death for cases (N = 137) as described in vital statistics.

From: Antipsychotics and other risk factors for mortality among people with schizophrenia during an extreme heat event: a population-based case-control study

Cause of death

Proportion of deaths (%)

Exposure to excessive natural heat

49.6

Diseases of the circulatory system

11.7

Neuropsychiatric conditions

10.9

Other ill-defined and unspecified causes of mortality

9.5

Neoplasms

7.3

Diseases of the respiratory system

3.6

Other causes

3.6

Diabetes mellitus

2.2

Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis

1.5

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