Table 1.

Prevalence of exposure to parental death before cohort members' 15^th birthdays in the national study cohort (N = 1 698 821)

Exposure status at 15th birthday	n	Prevalence (%)
Any parental death	52 589	3.1
Maternal v. paternal death:
Both parents alive	1 646 232	96.9
Mother died by any causea	15 413	0.9
Father died by any causeb	36 373	2.1
Both parents died by any cause	803	0.05
Both parents died by suicide	5	<0.001
Cause of maternal death:
Mother alive	1 682 605	99.0
Natural death	12 482	0.7
Suicide	1674	0.1
Any other unnatural cause	2060	0.1
Cause of paternal death:
Father alive	1 661 645	97.8
Natural death	24 179	1.4
Suicide	5982	0.4
Any other unnatural cause	7015	0.4

^aMother died during cohort member's childhood, but father still alive at their 15^th birthday.

^bFather died during cohort member's childhood, but mother still alive at their 15^th birthday.