TABLE 1—
Intellectual Disability Group |
Control Group |
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Characteristic of Intellectual Disability Adult | Mean Age, y (SD) | No. | Deaths, No. (%) | No. | Deaths, No. (%) |
Total | 39.9 (16.2) | 16 666 | 656 (3.94) | 113 562 | 1 358 (1.20) |
Gender | |||||
Female | 41.3 (16.4) | 6 989 | 291 (4.16) | 47 587 | 538 (1.13) |
Male | 38.8 (15.9) | 9 677 | 365 (3.77) | 65 975 | 820 (1.24) |
Age, y | |||||
18–34 | 24.2 (5.1) | 6 981 | 48 (0.69) | 46 939 | 69 (0.15) |
35–54 | 44.2 (5.4) | 6 283 | 167 (2.66) | 43 123 | 276 (0.64) |
≥ 55 | 64.0 (7.1) | 3 402 | 441 (12.96) | 23 500 | 1 013 (4.31) |
Down syndrome | |||||
Yes | 39.1 (14.4) | 1 793 | 118 (6.58) | 12 226 | 92 (0.75) |
No | 40.0 (16.4) | 14 873 | 538 (3.62) | 101 336 | 1 266 (1.25) |
High level of support needsa | |||||
Yes | 41.4 (16.4) | 3 263 | 194 (5.94) | 22 298 | 302 (1.35) |
No | 39.5 (16.1) | 13 403 | 462 (3.45) | 91 264 | 1 056 (1.16) |
Communal/shared accommodations | |||||
Yes | 47.2 (15.7) | 3 392 | 265 (7.81) | 23 117 | 416 (1.80) |
No | 38.0 (15.8) | 13 274 | 391 (2.90) | 90 445 | 942 (1.04) |
Autism spectrum disorder | |||||
Yes | 30.5 (13.3) | 1 532 | 15 (0.98) | 10 374 | 44 (0.42) |
No | 40.8 (16.1) | 15 134 | 641 (4.24) | 103 188 | 1 314 (1.27) |
Epilepsy | |||||
Yes | 41.0 (15.3) | 2 884 | 167 (5.79) | 19 705 | 205 (1.04) |
No | 39.6 (16.3) | 13 782 | 489 (3.55) | 93 857 | 1 153 (1.23) |
Any subgroup categorizationb | |||||
Yes | 40.6 (16.4) | 8 541 | 446 (5.22) | 58 194 | 703 (1.21) |
No | 39.1 (16.0) | 8 125 | 210 (2.58) | 55 368 | 655 (1.18) |
Classified by a general practitioner as having severe or profound intellectual disability or has ≥ 2 of the following: epilepsy, cerebral palsy or significant mobility problem (wheelchair use or greater), severe visual impairment, severe hearing impairment, continence problem, or use of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy feeding.
Down syndrome, high level of support needs, communal/shared accommodations, autism, or epilepsy.