TY - JOUR T1 - Deaths Associated with Ankylosing Spondylitis in France from 1969 to 2009 JF - The Journal of Rheumatology JO - J Rheumatol SP - 594 LP - 598 DO - 10.3899/jrheum.160942 VL - 44 IS - 5 AU - Clément Prati AU - Marc Puyraveau AU - Xavier Guillot AU - Franck Verhoeven AU - Daniel Wendling Y1 - 2017/05/01 UR - http://www.jrheum.org/content/44/5/594.abstract N2 - Objective. To describe deaths for which ankylosing spondylitis (AS) was on death certificates in France.Methods. Death certificates in which AS was indicated were evaluated. Standard mortality ratio (SMR) was assessed.Results. AS appeared in 2940 death certificates. The mortality rate of AS seemed stable. The most frequent initial causes were diseases of the circulatory system [28.3% in the International Classification of Diseases, 10th ed (ICD-10)]. SMR adjusted for age and sex were 2.1 (95% CI 1.45–2.91) for infections and 0.43 (0.36–0.5) for cancers (ICD-10 period).Conclusion. This study found an increase in mortality from infectious and external causes of death; conversely, patients with AS appear to die less frequently from cancer. ER -