Table 2.
Number of deaths, mean age at death and common primary causes of death for groups with no long-term conditions, only mental health-related long-term conditions, only physical long-term conditions, and both physical and mental health-related long-term conditions
| No long-term conditions | |||
| Missed appointment category | Number of deaths (% of group dead) | Mean age at death (SD) | Most common primary causes of death (%) |
| Zero | 262 (0.1%) | 68.06 (21.09) | I219 (8.4), C349 (5.7), R99 (5.7) |
| Low | 119 (0.1%) | 64.38 (21.78) | R99 (10), G309 (9.2), I259 (5) |
| Medium | 41 (0.2%) | 62.56 (23.08) | C349 (9.8), R99 (9.8), C221 (7.3) |
| High | 24 (0.4%) | 56.79 (27.14) | R99 (25), F019 (8.3), N40 (8.3) |
| Only mental health-related long-term conditions | |||
| Missed appointment category | Number of deaths (% of group dead) | Mean age at death (SD) | Most common primary causes of death |
| Zero | 69 (0.2%) | 55.72 (20) | R99 (11.6), X70 (10.1), I219 (8.7) |
| Low | 83 (0.4%) | 54.68 (18.79) | R99 (21.6), X70 (12), I219 (6) |
| Medium | 58 (0.6%) | 53.1 (20.18) | R99 (19), X42 (6.9), Y14 (6.9) |
| High | 53 (1.7%) | 49.3 (20) | R99 (32), G309 (9.4), Y14 (5.6) |
| Only physical long-term conditions | |||
| Missed appointment category | Number of deaths (% of group dead) | Mean age at death (SD) | Most common primary causes of death |
| Zero | 1399 (0.1%) | 77.12 (12.34) | C349 (8.3), I219 (7.3), I259 (3.2) |
| Low | 1361 (1.9%) | 77.46 (13.36) | I219 (7.3), C349 (6), I259 (4.2) |
| Medium | 1025 (3.2%) | 78.93 (12.54) | C349 (8.1), I219 (6.4), I259 (4.6) |
| High | 1241 (6.6%) | 79.97 (13.27) | C349 (6.1), I219 (5.8), I259 (4.2) |
| Both physical and mental health-related long-term conditions | |||
| Missed appointment category | Number of deaths (% of group dead) | Mean age at death (SD) | Most common primary causes of death |
| Zero | 1193 (2.0%) | 76.65 (13.53) | G309 (7.5), F03 (6.9), I219 (6.2) |
| Low | 1432 (2.9%) | 76.56 (13.59) | G309 (6.7), F03 (6.2), I219 (5.5) |
| Medium | 1372 (4.2%) | 75.01 (14.93) | G309 (6), F019 (5.8), I219 (5.3) |
| High | 2114 (7.0%) | 76.19 (15.29) | F019 (7.9), G309 (6.4), F03 (5.9) |
Key: I219 Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified; C349 Malignant neoplasm of unspecified part of bronchus or lung; R99 Ill-defined and unknown cause of mortality; G309 Alzheimer’s disease, unspecified; I259 Chronic ischemic heart disease, unspecified; C221 Intrahepatic bile duct carcinoma; F019 Vascular dementia, unspecified; N40 Benign prostatic hyperplasia; X70 Intentional self-harm by hanging, strangulation and suffocation; X42 Accidental poisoning by and exposure to narcotics and psychodysleptics [hallucinogens], not elsewhere classified; Y14 Poisoning by and exposure to other and unspecified drugs, medicaments and biological substances, undetermined intent; F03 Unspecified dementia, SD standard deviation