Table 2. Comparing mortality rates across age groups between the 2000 Ontario prison cohort* and general population† of Ontario, by sex.
age group | Men | Women | ||||
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death rate per 1,000 person years (95% CI) | Δ years for death rate‡ | death rate per 1,000 person years (95% CI) | Δ years for death rate‡ | |||
2000 Ontario prison cohort | general population | 2000 Ontario prison cohort | general population | |||
20–24 | 2.6 (2.1, 3.0) | 0.7 | 25 | 1.7 (0.5, 3.4) | 0.3 | 25 |
25–29 | 2.8 (2.4, 3.2) | 0.6 | 20 | 2.4 (1.3, 3.6) | 0.3 | 20 |
30–34 | 3.5 (3.1, 3.9) | 0.7 | 15 | 3.6 (2.4, 4.8) | 0.4 | 20 |
35–39 | 4.4 (3.9, 4.9) | 1.0 | 15 | 5.6 (4.1, 7.1) | 0.6 | 20 |
40–44 | 6.3 (5.8, 6.8) | 1.5 | 15 | 6.9 (5.2, 8.7) | 0.9 | 20 |
45–49 | 8.9 (8.1, 9.6) | 2.5 | 10 | 11.0 (8.5, 13.4) | 1.6 | 20 |
50–54 | 13.2 (12.1, 14.3) | 4.1 | 10 | 13.5 (10.1, 16.9) | 2.7 | 15 |
55–59 | 18.6 (16.9, 20.4) | 6.2 | 10 | 19.9 (14.2, 25.9) | 3.8 | 15 |
60–64 | 23.1 (20.2, 26.0) | 10.3 | 5 | 23.3 (13.7, 33.4) | 6.4 | 10 |
65–69 | 36.1 (30.9, 41.5) | 15.8 | 5 | 21.3 (7.4, 35.1) | 9.7 | 5§ |
70–74 | 42.9 (34.5, 51.2) | 26.1 | 0 | - | 16.3 | - |
75–79 | 69.1 (52.8, 85.6) | 43.3 | 0 | - | 60.9 | - |
*Persons admitted to provincial correctional facilities for adults in Ontario in 2000 with follow up for death to 2012.
†Death rate for Ontario population in 2006.
‡The difference in years between the age group for the 2000 Ontario prison cohort and the corresponding age group for the general population that has the death rate that is most similar but not higher.
§The difference in mortality rates between the 2000 Ontario prison cohort and general population for this age group was not statistically significant.