Table 7.

Mortality by gender and age among ACH cases versus controls (CPRD HES-linked cohort)

	Cases (N = 275)	Controls (N = 1052)
All reported deaths
Number of deaths, n	31	36
ER per 100PY	0.60	0.34
RR (95% CI)	1.90 (1.18–3.06)
Gender, n (% of total deaths)
Male	12 (39)	28 (41)
Female	19 (61)	41 (59)
Age, n (% of total deaths)
0–10	0	0
11–17	0	0
18–59	14 (45)	13 (19)
60 +	17 (55)	56 (81)

ACH Achondroplasia; CI Confidence interval; CPRD Clinical Practice Research Database; ER Event rate; HES Hospital Episode Statistics; N Total number of individuals; n Number of individuals in subset; RR Rate ratio