Table 5.

RRs for mortality in patients with a first hospitalisation for dementia versus mortality risks after a first hospitalisation for AMI, heart failure or stroke, stratified by age and sex

Women	Age	Dementia vs AMI		Dementia vs heart failure		Dementia vs stroke
	Years	RR	95% CI	RR	95% CI	RR	95% CI
1- year mortality	60–64	1.76	1.29 to 2.41	0.96	0.72 to 1.26	1.35	1.00 to 1.83
	65–69	1.24	1.00 to 1.52	1.00	0.83 to 1.22	1.10	0.91 to 1.34
	70–74	1.18	1.04 to 1.33	1.01	0.91 to 1.12	1.20	1.07 to 1.34
	75–79	0.93	0.84 to 1.01	0.93	0.87 to 1.00	0.98	0.91 to 1.06
	>80	0.87	0.83 to 0.91	0.96	0.93 to 0.99	0.85	0.83 to 0.88
	Total	1.24	1.19 to 1.29	1.05	1.02 to 1.08	1.07	1.04 to 1.10
5-year mortality	60–64	1.88	1.52 to 2.32	0.92	0.77 to 1.10	1.56	1.28 to 1.92
	65–69	1.65	1.45 to 1.88	1.07	0.96 to 1.19	1.44	1.28 to 1.62
	70–74	1.45	1.34 to 1.57	1.06	1.00 to 1.12	1.33	1.25 to 1.43
	75–79	1.13	1.07 to 1.20	0.98	0.94 to 1.01	1.10	1.05 to 1.15
	>80	0.97	0.95 to 1.01	0.91	0.90 to 0.93	0.96	0.94 to 0.97
	Total	1.37	1.33 to 1.40	1.01	0.99 to 1.02	1.16	1.14 to 1.19

AMI, acute myocardial infarction; RR, relative risk.