Table 2.
Association between age of first unexpected death of a loved one and onset of major depressive episode, dysthymia, manic episode, and alcohol disorder compared with those who did not experience unexpected death of a loved one (N=27,534).
| Age of first unexpected death experience |
Major depression (N=7,881) |
Dysthymia (N=2,051) |
Manic episode (N=1,855) |
Alcohol disorder (N=11,197) |
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| N (total**) | OR* | (95% C.I.) | OR* | (95% C.I.) | OR* | (95% C.I.) | OR* | (95% C.I.) | ||
| Unexpected death occurrence at age compared to no lifetime unexpected death experience*: | 5–9 | 750 | 3.56 | (1.54–8.23) | 2.84 | (0.59–13.58) | 1.22 | (0.48–3.11) | 1.81 | (0.73–4.53) |
| 10–14 | 1397 | 1.62 | (1.05–2.52) | 0.91 | (0.35–2.34) | 0.93 | (0.60–1.45) | 0.93 | (0.77–1.13) | |
| 15–19 | 2,164 | 1.24 | (0.94–1.63) | 0.77 | (0.41–1.46) | 0.94 | (0.56–1.56) | 1.11 | (0.86–1.44) | |
| 20–24 | 1,685 | 1.47 | (1.12–1.93) | 1.37 | (0.72–2.59) | 0.69 | (0.36–1.32) | 1.3 | (0.90–1.88) | |
| 25–29 | 1,426 | 1.5 | (1.10–2.03) | 2.41 | (1.17–4.94) | 1.08 | (0.50–2.35) | 0.93 | (0.60–1.44) | |
| 30–34 | 1,297 | 1.53 | (1.13–2.06) | 1.91 | (1.04–3.51) | 2.14 | (1.19–3.83) | 1.27 | (0.86–1.87) | |
| 35–39 | 1,145 | 2.25 | (1.61–3.16) | 1.31 | (0.59–2.91) | 2.08 | (1.05–4.13) | 1.36 | (0.90–2.05) | |
| 40–44 | 1033 | 1.43 | (0.97–2.11) | 1.24 | (0.61–2.54) | 2.65 | (1.32–5.31) | 1.12 | (0.66–1.90) | |
| 45–49 | 787 | 4.33 | (3.03–6.17) | 3.78 | (1.74–8.22) | 2.01 | (0.85–4.79) | 3.01 | (1.80–5.03) | |
| 50–54 | 620 | 2.94 | (1.86–4.65) | 4.67 | (2.33–9.34) | 5.71 | (1.85–17.56) | 2.68 | (1.03–6.99) | |
| 55–59 | 440 | 5.77 | (3.31–10.06) | 4.07 | (1.63–10.17) | 1.99 | (0.24–16.21) | 4.94 | (2.07–11.81) | |
| 60–64 | 313 | 7.45 | (3.93–14.12) | 6.77 | (2.24–20.53) | -- | -- | 7.89 | (2.62–23.80) | |
| 65–69 | 201 | 10.66 | (4.42–25.70) | -- | -- | 4.71 | (0.89–24.94) | 3.14 | (1.25–7.92) | |
| 70+ | 324 | 2.47 | (1.26–4.82) | 2.14 | (0.37–12.34) | 5.66 | (1.12–28.54) | 3.23 | (2.02–5.16) | |
There were 294 missing responses on age of first unexpected death experience
Each regression model includes a different denominator, as each model assesses the association between age of unexpected death and onset of the focal psychiatric disorder among those with no onset at a prior age. All individuals with onset of a psychiatric disorder prior to the age of unexpected death are also removed from the analysis. Dashed lines indicate that sample size was not sufficient to estimate a robust association.
Models were controlled for sex, age, race/ethnicity, income, education, marital status, number of lifetime potentially traumatic experiences, and onset of a psychiatric disorder prior to the focal disorder.