Table 2. Mortality Estimates at Least 6 Months After a Diagnosis of Traumatic Brain Injury in Patients Compared With Population Controls and Unaffected Siblings.
| Adjusted Odds Ratios (95% CIs)a |
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|---|---|---|
| Cause of Death | Mortality Compared With Population Controls | Mortality Compared With Unaffected Sibling Controls |
| All-cause mortality | 3.2 (3.0-3.4) | 2.6 (2.3-2.8) |
| External cause | 3.8 (3.5-4.1) | 2.7 (2.4-3.1) |
| All injuries | 4.3 (3.8-4.8) | 3.0 (2.5-3.7) |
| Vehicle | 3.2 (2.7-3.8) | 2.5 (1.9-3.4) |
| Other | 5.2 (4.5-6.1) | 3.4 (2.6-4.5) |
| Suicide | 3.3 (2.9-3.7) | 2.3 (1.9-2.9) |
| Assault | 3.9 (2.7-5.7) | 2.7 (1.3-5.4) |
a
Adjusted odds ratios of external deaths compared with population controls (matched for age [birth year] and sex and adjusted for income, marital, and immigration status) or unaffected sibling controls (adjusted for age and sex).