Table 3.
Hazard ratios for all cause and cause specific mortality for self harm cohort versus age, sex, and practice matched comparison cohort
| Cause of death* | Self harm cohort (n=8638) | Comparison cohort (n=170 274) | Hazard ratio (95% CI) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No of deaths | Rate per 1000 person years | No of deaths | Rate per 1000 person years | Unadjusted | Adjusted† | |||
| All causes: | 43 | 5.47 | 176 | 1.11 | 5.78 (4.08 to 8.20) | 5.71 (4.02 to 8.11) | ||
| Boys | 25 | 12.03 | 74 | 1.76 | 8.61 (5.31 to 13.95) | 8.64 (5.29 to 14.12) | ||
| Girls | 18 | 3.11 | 102 | 0.88 | 3.95 (2.35 to 6.63) | 3.93 (2.33 to 6.62) | ||
| All natural causes | 15 | 1.91 | 104 | 0.66 | 3.38 (1.93 to 5.90) | 3.41 (1.95 to 5.99) | ||
| All unnatural causes | 28 | 3.56 | 72 | 0.45 | 9.31 (5.85 to 14.81) | 9.35 (5.84 to 14.97) | ||
| Suicide | 13 | 1.65 | 17 | 0.11 | 18.67 (8.32 to 41.87) | 17.48 (7.55 to 40.46) | ||
| Suicide (including open verdicts) | 16 | 2.04 | 24 | 0.15 | 17.31 (8.52 to 35.16) | 16.95 (8.28 to 34.68) | ||
| Acute alcohol or drug poisoning | 11 | 1.40 | 6 | 0.04 | 38.20 (13.23 to 110.28) | 34.33 (10.19 to 115.69) | ||
| Accident | 12 | 1.52 | 47 | 0.30 | 5.96 (3.08 to 11.53) | 5.97 (3.05 to 11.68) | ||
*Cause of death categories are not mutually exclusive.
†Adjusted by index of multiple deprivation fifth.