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Table 4 The overall mortality rate per 10,000 dog-years at risk (DYAR), the number dead and the specific diagnosis proportional mortality (SP) overall for the five most common specific diagnoses within diagnostic category for all dogs life-insured at Agria1 between years 1995–2000.

From: Mortality in over 350,000 Insured Swedish dogs from 1995–2000: I. Breed-, Gender-, Age- and Cause-specific Rates

Diagnostic category (SP:5)2

Specific diagnosis

Number of deaths

Mortality (per 10,000 DYAR)

SP3

Tumour (39%)

Mammary tumour

542

5 (5–5)

10

 

Lymphosarcoma, blood and

   
 

bloodproducing organs

501

5 (4–5)

9

 

Lymphosarcoma, whole animal

393

4 (3–4)

7

 

Liver tumour

385

4 (3–4)

7

 

Tumour in lung

339

3 (3–3)

6

Trauma (73%)

Car accident

2342

21 (20–22)

44

 

Lost

416

4 (3–4)

8

 

Drowning

378

3 (3–4)

7

 

Train accident

347

3 (3–3)

7

 

Lost during hunting

344

3 (3–3)

7

Locomotor disorders (54%)

Hip dysplasia

844

8 (7–8)

20

 

Disc herniation

622

6 (5–6)

15

 

Lumbosacral instability

322

3 (2–3)

8

 

Chronic deforming arthrosis, elbow joint

294

3 (2–3)

7

 

Cruciate rupture

176

2 (1–2)

4

Heart (77%)

Signs of heart failure

723

7 (6–7)

31

 

Signs of heart disease, no cause defined

354

3 (3–4)

15

 

Cardiomyopathy

295

3 (2–3)

12

 

Dilated cardiomyopathy

223

2 (2–2)

9

 

Endocardiosis (myxomatous valvular disease)

218

2 (1–2)

9

Neurologic (82%)

Idiopathic epilepsy

968

9 (8–9)

52

 

Epileptiforme seizures

350

3 (3–4)

19

 

Signs of disease without defined cause, cerebrum

115

1 (1–1)

6

 

Acute inflammatory conditions, meninges

57

0.5 (0.4–0.7)

3

 

Progressive chronic degenerative radiculomyelopathy

49

0.4 (0.3–0.6)

3

Other (33%)

Dead- no diagnosis

2111

19 (18–20)

18

 

Pyometra

544

5 (4–5)

5

 

Signs of disease, no cause defined, kidney or/and ureters

497

5 (4–5)

4

 

Diabetes mellitus

474

4 (4–5)

4

 

Liver insufficiency

358

3 (3–4)

3

  1. 1 – Agria Insurance, PO 70306, SE-107 23 Stockholm, Sweden
  2. 2 – SP:5 = number dead within 5 specific diagnoses/number dead in this diagnostic category)*100
  3. 3 – SP = specific diagnosis proportional mortality = number dead with the specific diagnosis/number dead in this diagnostic category)*100