Table 1.

Age at death statistics of the 25 breeds (with > 50 reported deaths), including the number of deaths reported (N), the contribution per breed (as a percentage of all deaths reported in the survey), the median, inter-quartile range (IQR), range (minimum and maximum) and 95% confidence interval of the median of age of death in months

Breed	No. Deaths (N)	% of all deaths	Parameters of age at death (months) by breed (with n ≥ 50)
			Median	IQR	Range	95% CI
Labrador Retriever	728	12.86	138	94–160	2–242	3.86
Golden Retriever	373	6.59	141	102–162	4–254	4.91
German Shepherd Dog	279	4.93	114	90–138	4–234	4.54
Cocker Spaniel	266	4.70	129	82–155	7–200	7.07
Flat Coated Retriever	225	3.97	114	90–136	18–180	4.85
English Springer Spaniel	224	3.96	135.5	87.5–165	3–210	8.18
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel	222	3.92	117	90–145	7–255	5.83
Boxer	170	3.00	105.5	78–131	6–165	6.42
Border Collie	119	2.10	143	107.5–169	1–206	8.91
Dobermann	99	1.75	92	63.75–117.25	7–214	8.50
Border Terrier	98	1.73	145	97–171	6–228	11.81
Irish Setter	98	1.73	133	93–155	6–200	9.90
West Highland White Terrier	96	1.70	152.5	110.5–175	2–267	10.40
Bernese Mountain Dog	78	1.38	96.5	72–115	3–178	7.69
Miniature Schnauzer	76	1.34	118.5	72.5–159	4–202	15.68
Rottweiler	76	1.34	100.5	75–127.5	5–173	9.52
Weimaraner	74	1.31	124	98–155	0–186	10.47
Staffordshire Bull Terrier	71	1.25	130	100.25–160.5	3–297	11.30
Shetland Sheepdog	56	0.99	135.5	114–162	11–191	10.14
Whippet	55	0.97	118	81.5–146	3–199	13.74
Gordon Setter	54	0.95	142.5	119–158	49–178	8.39
Newfoundland	53	0.94	113	90–137	2–171	10.20
Bearded Collie	52	0.92	149.5	117.5–176.5	19–213	12.93
Dalmatian	52	0.92	130	80–165	1–187	18.62
Pointer	50	0.88	134.5	86–152	8–194	14.75
Cumulative total	3744	66.11		–	–
All responses from all breeds	5663	100%	124	86–154	0–317	1.43