Table 2.

Pain status at baseline and subsequent mortality during eight year follow up: specific causes of death

Cause of death	ICD-9 codes	Mortality rate ratio (95% CI)*
		No of deaths	Regional pain	Widespread pain
All causes	001-999	654	1.21 (1.01 to 1.44)	1.31 (1.05 to 1.65)
All cancers	140-208	201	1.55 (1.09 to 2.19)	2.07 (1.37 to 3.13)
Cardiovascular disease	390-459	261	1.14 (0.86 to 1.49)	1.12 (0.78 to 1.61)
Respiratory disease	460-519	106	1.00 (0.65 to 1.53)	1.01 (0.57 to 1.79)
Other diseases	—†	72	1.36 (0.81 to 2.29)	0.91 (0.45 to 1.85)
All external causes	800-999	14	3.01 (0.64 to 14.21)	5.21 (0.94 to 28.78)

^*Participants classified as having “no pain” form reference group; results adjusted for age, sex, and study. 

^†All codes 001-799 excluding 140-208 and 390-519.