TABLE 1.
Standardized Mortality Ratios (SMRs) and Excess Death Rates (EDRs) Among 4914 Men and 3419 Women Who Married a Same-Sex Partner Between October 1, 1989, and July 15, 2004, by Gender, Age, and Time Since Same-Sex Marriage: Denmark
| Time Since Same-Sex Marriage, y | Age ≤ 35 y at Same-Sex Marriage |
Age > 35 y at Same-Sex Marriage |
Total |
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| Deaths (person-years) | SMRa (95% CI) | EDRb (95% CI) | Deaths (person-years) | SMRa (95% CI) | EDRb (95% CI) | SMRa (95% CI) | EDRb (95% CI) | |
| Men | ||||||||
| 1–3 | 58 (6 071) | 8.07 (6.12, 10.43) | 8.37 (6.07, 11.17) | 129 (7127) | 2.03 (1.70, 2.42) | 9.20 (6.21, 12.61) | 2.65 (2.28, 3.06) | 8.82 (6.86, 11.00) |
| 4–6 | 45 (4 579) | 7.12 (5.19, 9.52) | 8.45 (5.79, 11.77) | 96 (5546) | 1.54 (1.25, 1.88) | 6.06 (2.78, 9.89) | 2.05 (1.73, 2.42) | 7.14 (4.94, 9.64) |
| 7–9 | 11 (3 296) | 2.01 (1.00, 3.59) | 1.68 (0.00, 4.31) | 69 (4277) | 1.18 (0.92, 1.50) | 2.50 (–1.08, 6.78) | 1.25 (0.99, 1.56) | 2.14 (–0.05, 4.72) |
| 10–12 | 13 (2 069) | 3.06 (1.63, 5.23) | 4.23 (1.29, 8.69) | 63 (3026) | 1.25 (0.96, 1.60) | 4.21 (–0.61, 10.02) | 1.39 (1.10, 1.75) | 4.22 (1.05, 7.97) |
| 13–14 | 4 (827) | 1.81 (0.49, 4.63) | 2.16 (–1.35, 9.71) | 30 (1539) | 0.96 (0.65, 1.37) | –0.83 (–7.17, 7.50) | 1.02 (0.70, 1.42) | 0.22 (–4.20, 5.93) |
| Total | 131 (16 842) | 5.15 (4.30, 6.11) | 6.27 (4.99, 7.72) | 387 (21 515) | 1.46 (1.32, 1.61) | 5.64 (3.89, 7.52) | 1.78 (1.63, 1.94) | 5.92 (4.78, 7.13) |
| Women | ||||||||
| 1–3 | 7 (4 497) | 2.76 (1.11, 5.69) | 0.99 (0.06, 2.64) | 33 (4231) | 1.79 (1.23, 2.52) | 3.45 (1.02, 6.60) | 1.91 (1.36, 2.60) | 2.18 (0.87, 3.84) |
| 4–6 | 6 (3 001) | 2.71 (1.00, 5.90) | 1.26 (0.00, 3.61) | 14 (3077) | 0.85 (0.47, 1.43) | –0.79 (–2.85, 2.30) | 1.07 (0.66, 1.66) | 0.23 (–1.06, 2.02) |
| 7–9 | 2 (1 915) | 1.04 (0.13, 3.77) | 0.04 (–0.88, 2.77) | 14 (2043) | 0.98 (0.53, 1.64) | –0.17 (–3.28, 4.48) | 0.98 (0.56, 1.60) | –0.07 (–1.80, 2.46) |
| 10–12 | 3 (1 089) | 2.08 (0.43, 6.08) | 1.43 (–0.76, 6.72) | 12 (1239) | 1.05 (0.54, 1.83) | 0.42 (–4.26, 7.65) | 1.16 (0.65, 1.91) | 0.89 (–1.94, 5.08) |
| 13–14 | 0 (384) | 0.00 (—, 5.14c) | −1.87 (—, 7.73c) | 9 (482) | 1.68 (0.77, 3.19) | 7.55 (–2.58, 24.32) | 1.48 (0.68, 2.81) | 3.37 (–2.27, 12.71) |
| Total | 18 (10 887)d | 2.04 (1.21, 3.22) | 0.84 (0.17, 1.80) | 82 (11 073)d | 1.24 (0.99, 1.54) | 1.44 (–0.07, 3.23) | 1.34 (1.09, 1.63) | 1.15 (0.30, 2.13) |
Note. CI = confidence interval
a
SMRs are the ratios of observed to expected numbers of deaths.
b
EDRs are the observed minus the expected number of deaths per 1000 person-years.
c
One-sided confidence interval given because there were no deaths during the 13 to 14 years after first same-sex marriage among women who married at or before age 35 years.
d
Figures do not add to total shown because of rounding.