TABLE 1—
Baseline Characteristics of all Participants by Circumstances of Death of Partner: United Kingdom, 2005–2010
| Men (n = 171 720) |
Women (n = 171 720) |
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| Circumstances of Partner Death | Unexpected Death of Female Partner, No. (%) or Mean ±SD | Known Morbidity Death of Female Partner, No. (%) or Mean ±SD | Not Bereaved, No. (%) or Mean ±SD | Unexpected Death of Male Partner, No. (%) or Mean ±SD | Known Morbidity Death of Male Partner, No. (%) or Mean ±SD | Not Bereaved, No. (%) or Mean ±SD |
| No. of subjects (% of bereavements) | 1431 (16) | 7701 (84) | 162 588 (…) | 2144 (12) | 15 370 (88) | 154 206 (…) |
| Age at baseline, y | 74.8 ±8.8 | 74.6 ±8.1 | 69.2 ±7.5 | 72.0 ±8.9 | 72.9 ±8.0 | 66.6 ±7.5 |
| No. of contact days for bereaved partner in 3 mo before bereavementa | 1.6 ±2.0 | 1.8 ±2.3 | … | 1.5 ±2.2 | 1.8 ±2.3 | … |
| No. of drug classes for bereaved partner in 3 mo before bereavementb | 3.9 ±3.4 | 4.4 ±3.5 | … | 3.7 ±3.4 | 4.5 ±3.7 | … |
| Charlson Index at baseline | ||||||
| 0 | 697 (49) | 3468 (45) | 87 072 (54) | 1330 (62) | 8553 (56) | 98 194 (64) |
| 1 | 380 (27) | 2028 (26) | 38 311 (24) | 436 (20) | 3662 (24) | 31 004 (20) |
| 2–3 | 289 (20) | 1812 (24) | 30 620 (19) | 335 (16) | 2717 (18) | 22 077 (14) |
| ≥ 4 | 65 (5) | 393 (5) | 6585 (4) | 43 (2) | 438 (3) | 2931 (2) |
| Smoking status at baseline | ||||||
| Nonsmoker | 481 (34) | 2336 (30) | 57 759 (36) | 1204 (56) | 8364 (54) | 88 278 (57) |
| Exsmoker | 680 (48) | 3977 (52) | 77 935 (48) | 588 (27) | 4789 (31) | 43 957 (29) |
| Current smoker | 214 (15) | 1168 (15) | 22 031 (14) | 259 (12) | 1822 (12) | 18 292 (12) |
| Missing | 56 (4) | 220 (3) | 4863 (3) | 93 (4) | 395 (3) | 3679 (2) |
a
A day with a record of contact with the patients or their representatives, either in person or by telephone, by any practice clinical staff, but excluding administrative events such as repeat prescriptions or updating of records.
b
Number of British National Formulary drug classes prescribed.