Table 2.
Standardised mortality ratios and corresponding 95% confidence intervals calculated as the ratios of the observed to the expected number of deaths for selected causes.
| ICD-9 codes | Sex | Observed | Expected* | SMR | 95%CI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All causes | Total | 44 | 14.96 | 294 | 214–395 | |
| M | 29 | 9.37 | 310 | 207–445 | ||
| F | 15 | 5.59 | 268 | 150–442 | ||
| Cachexia | 780–799.9 | Total | 4 | 0.18 | 2194 | 598–5617 |
| M | 3 | 0.09 | 3529 | 728–10311 | ||
| F | 1 | 0.10 | 1028 | 26–5726 | ||
| Cardiac | 390–429.9 | Total | 7 | 6.44 | 109 | 44–224 |
| M | 5 | 3.78 | 132 | 43–308 | ||
| F | 2 | 2.66 | 75 | 9–272 | ||
| Stroke | 430–438 | Total | 3 | 1.98 | 152 | 31–443 |
| M | 0 | 1.08 | 0 | - | ||
| F | 3 | 0.89 | 335 | 69–980 | ||
| Cancer | 140–209 | Total | 3 | 4.21 | 71 | 15–208 |
| M | 2 | 2.93 | 68 | 8–247 | ||
| F | 1 | 1.28 | 78 | 2–435 | ||
| Infectious/ | 001–139.8/ | Total | 24 | 0.65 | 3680 | 2358–5475 |
| Respiratory | 460–519.9 | M | 16 | 0.45 | 3521 | 2012–5718 |
| F | 8 | 0.20 | 4044 | 1746–7969 | ||
| Trauma | 800–929 | Total | 2 | 0.32 | 626 | 76–2260 |
| M | 2 | 0.18 | 1124 | 136–4061 | ||
| F | 0 | 0.14 | 0 | - |
Abbreviations and symbols: SMR=standardised mortality ratio; CI=corresponding 95% confidence interval.
*
The expected number was obtained by applying to the cohort under study the age- and sex-specific mortality rates of the Piedmont population.