TABLE 2.
Standardized Mortality Ratios (SMRs) and Excess Death Rates (EDRs) Among 4914 Men Who Married a Same-Sex Partner Between October 1, 1989, and July 15, 2004, by Date of and Time Since Same-Sex Marriage: Denmark
| Time Since Same-Sex Marriage, y | Same-Sex Marriage Occurring October 1989–December 1995 |
Same-Sex Marriage Occurring January 1996–July 2004 |
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| Deaths (person-years) | SMRa (95% CI) | EDRb (95% CI) | Deaths (person-years) | SMRa (95% CI) | EDRb (95% CI) | |
| 1–3 | 151 (6 933) | 3.32 (2.82, 3.90) | 15.23 (11.89, 18.99) | 36 (6 244) | 1.43 (1.00, 1.98) | 1.74 (0.01, 3.95) |
| 4–6 | 115 (6 445) | 2.28 (1.88, 2.74) | 10.02 (6.91, 13.60) | 26 (3 680) | 1.42 (0.93, 2.09) | 2.10 (–0.35, 5.39) |
| 7–9 | 72 (6 093) | 1.32 (1.03, 1.66) | 2.84 (0.27, 5.91) | 8 (1 479) | 0.88 (0.38, 1.73) | -0.76 (–3.83, 4.49) |
| Total | 338 (19 471) | 2.25 (2.01, 2.50) | 9.63 (7.83, 11.58) | 70 (11 404) | 1.33 (1.04, 1.68) | 1.53 (0.18, 3.15) |
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.