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Article: Chronic disease reports: deaths from chronic liver disease - United States, 1986.
- Article from:
- MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
- Article date:
- November 24, 1989
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In 1986, 26,151 persons died with an underlying diagnosis of chronic liver disease and cirrhosis (chronic liver disease, international Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision [ICD-9], code 571) (Table 1, page 797). Chronic liver disease was a contributing cause in an additional 13,475 deaths (1 ). Among deaths for which chronic liver disease was the underlying cause, 42% were diagnostically associated with alcohol (e.g., alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver and alcoholic liver damage, unspecified) (ICD-9 571.0-571.3); 3%, with chronic hepatitis (ICD-9 571.4); 1%, with biliary cirrhosis (ICD-9 571.6), and 53%, with unspecified conditions and no mention of alcohol (ICD-9 ...