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. 2019 Dec 13;65(5):338–346. doi: 10.1177/0706743719895342

Table 2.

The Prevalence and Incidence Rates of Health Outcomes during the Entire Follow-Up Period.

Depression Nondepression
N 190,065 378,177
Comorbidities (any chronic disease), N (%) 100,826 (53.0) 140,050 (37.0)
Comorbidities (any chronic disease), incidence rate per 1,000 person-years (95% CI)a 72.4 (72.0 to 72.9) 49.6 (49.4 to 49.9)
Intentional self-harm, N (%) 3,658 (1.9) 291 (0.1)
Intentional self-harm, incidence rate per 1,000 person-years (95% CI)b 1.5 (1.4 to 1.5) 0.1 (0.1 to 0.1)
Intentional self-harm mortality, N (%)c 835 (0.4) 159 (<0.1)
Intentional self-harm mortality, incidence rate per 1,000 person-years (95% CI)d 0.4 (0.4 to 0.4) <0.1 (0.0 to 0.0)
All-cause mortality, N (%)e 37,722 (19.8) 40,302 (10.7)
All-cause mortality, incidence rate per 1,000 person-years (95% CI)f 17.3 (17.1 to 17.4) 10.4 (10.3 to 10.5)

a IRR is 1.46 (95% CI, 1.45 to 1.47) for depression relative to nondepression.

b IRR is 19.53 (95% CI, 17.31 to 22.09) for depression relative to nondepression.

cMatching-adjusted hazard ratio is 9.28 (95% CI, 7.82 to 11.0) for depression relative to nondepression.

d IRR is 9.38 (95% CI, 7.90 to 11.19) for depression relative to nondepression.

eMatching-adjusted hazard ratio is 1.64 (95% CI, 1.61 to 1.66) for depression relative to nondepression.

f IRR is 1.66 (95% CI, 1.64 to 1.68) for depression relative to nondepression.

Note. Follow-up period: depression, 11.5 years (mean), 11.8 years (median); nondepression, 10.3 years (mean), 9.5 years (median). IRR = incidence rate ratio; CI = confidence interval.