Table 1.

Number of SS-related deaths in the US from 1999 to 2020 stratified by year

	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
All SS-related deaths, no.	267	273	269	276	272	254	274	267	270	299	258	331
SS listed as the UCD	70	75	70	80	84	66	90	85	78	100	72	94
Men, no.	9	7	5	7	8	7	9	11	9	10	7	9
Women, no.	61	68	65	73	76	59	81	74	69	90	65	85
Ratio of women to men	6.8	9.7	13	10.4	9.5	8.4	9	6.7	7.6	9	9.3	9.4
Age, no.
<40 years	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	1	2	3	1	1
40–59 years	6	7	7	6	10	11	8	7	6	11	6	12
60–79 years	42	42	41	32	40	27	34	37	35	41	34	38
≥80 years	21	26	21	42	34	28	44	40	35	45	31	43
SS listed as the NUCD	197	198	199	196	188	188	184	182	192	199	186	237
Men, no.	24	15	14	16	17	15	16	14	21	14	24	24
Women, no.	173	183	185	180	171	173	168	168	171	185	162	213
Ratio of women to men	7.2	12.2	13.2	11.3	10.1	11.5	10.5	12	8.1	13.2	6.8	8.9
Age, no
<40 years	2	3	4	3	3	1	4	2	2	3	1	2
40–59 years	17	19	20	25	23	28	20	22	23	23	19	23
60–79 years	105	92	99	105	95	87	83	83	76	94	81	108
>80 years	82	84	76	63	68	72	77	74	91	79	85	104

	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	All
All SS-related deaths, no.	350	348	405	405	400	427	412	489	582	689	7,817
SS listed as the UCD	103	96	112	120	111	117	107	136	146	137	2,149
Men, no.	10	10	11	12	16	13	15	22	26	21	254
Women, no.	93	86	101	108	95	104	92	114	120	116	1,895
Ratio of women to men	9.3	8.6	9.1	9	5.9	8	6.1	5.1	4.6	5.5	7.4
Age, no.
<40 years	0	3	2	3	2	1	1	2	0	1	29
40–59 years	9	5	14	7	10	19	18	14	11	20	224
60–79 years	49	49	50	54	48	47	55	77	85	68	1,025
>80 years	45	39	46	56	51	50	33	43	50	48	871
SS listed as the NUCD	247	252	293	285	289	310	305	353	436	552	5,668
Men, no.	12	14	28	27	32	32	29	39	52	48	547
Women, no.	235	238	265	258	257	278	276	314	384	504	5,121
Ratio of women to men	19.6	17	9.5	9.6	8.0	8.7	9.5	8.1	7.4	10.5	9.4
Age, no.
<40 years	2	1	5	3	6	3	2	0	3	9	62
40–59 years	27	34	28	31	39	40	34	43	44	48	630
60–79 years	113	118	145	126	131	157	160	157	198	286	2,699
>80 years	105	100	115	125	113	110	109	153	191	209	2,277

Abbreviations: UCD: underlying cause of death; NUCD: non-underlying cause of death; SS: Sjögren’s syndrome.