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1. COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CVA: cerebral vascular disease; HIV: human immunodeficiency virus; AIDS: acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
2. *Including 4, 1 and 7 patients that died of accidents, primary pulmonary hypertension, and unknown causes, respectively.