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. 2013 Jan 5;23(1):35–40. doi: 10.2188/jea.JE20120119

Table 2. Mortality risk by timing of death after ALS diagnosis (n = 1149).

Timing after ALS
diagnosis, y
No.
exposed
No. of
deaths
Mortality risk (%)

Estimate Lower limit
for 95%CI
Upper limit
for 95%CI
0–1 1079 173 16.0 13.8 18.2
1–2 768 105 13.7 11.2 16.1
2–3 543 52 9.6 7.1 12.0
3–4 399.5 43 10.8 7.7 13.8
4–5 291.5 26 8.9 5.6 12.2
5–6 212 19 9.0 5.1 12.8
6–7 145.5 8 5.5 1.8 9.2
7–8 101 6 5.9 1.3 10.5