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. 2017 May;4(5):389–399. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(17)30097-4

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics and crude mortality rates

n (%) All causes Natural causes Unnatural causes
Number of deaths Crude mortality per 100 000 person years (95% CI) Number of deaths Crude mortality per 100 000 person years (95% CI) Number of deaths Crude mortality per 100 000 person years (95% CI)

Total cohort 18 201 1767 1439·7 (1374·1–1508·4) 1417 1154·6 (1096·0–1216·3) 192 156·4 (135·8–180·2)
Diagnosis
Affective 5041 (27·7%) 409 1338·9 (1215·3–1475·2) 327 1070·5 (960·5–1193·0) 51 167·0 (126·9–219·7)
Non-affective 13 160 (72·3%) 1358 1473·1 (1396·8–1553·6) 1090 1182·4 (1114·3–1254·7) 141 153·0 (129·7–180·4)
Ethnicity
White British 9047 (49·7%) 1130 1989·8 (1877·1–2109·2) 913 1607·7 (1506·7–1715·4) 125 220·1 (184·7–262·3)
Black African 2510 (13·8%) 106 645·9 (533·9–781·3) 82 499·7 (402·42–620·4) 18 109·7 (69·1–174·1)
Black Caribbean 4840 (26·6%) 332 880·5 (790·7–980·5) 256 678·9 (600·7–767·4) 33 87·5 (62·2–123·1)
South Asian 1256 (6·9%) 95 1178·2 (963·6–1440·6) 77 955·0 (763·8–1194·0) 11 136·4 (75·6–246·3)
Irish 548 (3·0%) 104 2765·9 (2282·3–3352·1) 89 2367·0 (1923·0–2913·6) 5 133·0 (55·3–319·5)
Sex
Male 9610 (52·8%) 908 1340·3 (1255·9–1430·4) 707 1043·6 (969·4–1123·4) 132 194·8 (164·3–231·1)
Female 8591 (47·2%) 859 1562·3 (1461·2–1670·3) 710 1291·3 (1199·7–1389·8) 60 109·1 (84·7–140·5)
Area-level deprivation (IMD rank)
Median (IQR) 7200 (4737–11 610)* ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ··
IMD fifths
First (least deprived) 3667 (20·2%) 377 1442·3 (1303·8–1595·5) 305 1116·8 (1043·0–1305·4) 33 126·2 (89·8–177·6)
Second 3646 (20·0%) 342 1332·4 (1198·4–1481·4) 273 1063·6 (944·6–1197·5) 35 136·4 (97·9–189·9)
Third 3629 (19·9%) 313 1250·5 (1119·3–1397·0) 247 986·8 (871·1–117·9) 37 147·8 (107·1–204·0)
Fourth 3673 (20·2%) 371 1493·2 (1348·7–1653·2) 297 1195·4 (1066·9–1339·4) 39 156·9 (114·7–214·8)
Fifth (most deprived) 3586 (19·7%) 364 1729·4 (1560·5–1916·5) 295 1401·5 (1250·4–1571·0) 48 220·0 (171·9–302·6)
Marital status
Married or cohabiting 2781 (15·2%) 267 1583·1 (1404·2–1784·9) 220 1304·4 (1143·0–1488·7) 22 130·4 (85·9–198·1)
Single, divorced, widowed, or separated 15 420 (84·7%) 1500 1416·9 (1347·0–1490·4) 1197 1130·7 (1068·4–1196·6) 170 160·6 (138·2–186·6)
Comorbid substance misuse diagnosis
None 15 046 (82·7%) 1519 1505·8 (1431·9–1583·4) 1251 1240·1 (1173·3–1310·8) 128 126·9 (106·7–150·9)
Present 3155 (17·3%) 248 1134·8 (1002·0–1285·2) 166 759·6 (652·4–884·4) 64 292·9 (229·2–374·2)

IMD=Index of Multiple Deprivation. Data for 158 individuals who died from unknown causes not elsewhere classified (R00–99) have not been displayed.

*

Range for the IMD at the level of Lower Super Output Area for England is 1 (most deprived) to 32 844 (least deprived); therefore, the rank of 7200 is out of 32 844 small areas in England—ie, the study area is among the 22% (IQR 14–35) most deprived in the country.