Table 3.

Differences in mean age of death by depression and anxiety for all causes and selected causes of death and hazard ratios for selected causes of death associated with depression/anxiety

Cause of death	All causes	Heart disease	Cancer	Lung disease	Stroke	Infection	External causes
Depression/ anxiety
Yes	66.8	70.9	64.9	71.8	76.7	56.5	51.2
No	74.7	77.4	70.9	77.1	80.6	71.7	58.6
Difference in age of death in years	7.9***	6.5***	6.0**	5.3*	3.9	15.2***	7.4*
Hazard ratio (95% CI) associated with depression/anxiety for each cause of deatha	1.61 (1.40, 1.84)	1.43 (1.08, 1.89)	1.83 (1.45, 2.31)	2.40 (1.57, 3.66)	2.02 (1.30, 3.16)	3.09 (1.83, 5.20)	1.27 (0.82, 1.97)

^aAdjusted for age, sex and race/ethnicity.

^*p<0.05

^**p<0.01

^***p<0.001