Table 3.

Poisson regression of disability* on all-cause adult mortality stratified by age group and sex†

Age group		Women					Men
		Deaths (n)	PY	Mortality rate per 1000 PY (95% CI)	RR‡ (95% CI)	P value	Deaths (n)	PY	Mortality rate per 1000 PY (95% CI)	RR‡ (95% CI)	P value
18–49	No disability	40	16 741	2.39 (1.75 to 3.26)	1	0.04	51	9870	5.17 (3.93 to 6.80)	1	0.10
	Disability	6	739	8.12 (3.65 to 18.09)	2.76 (1.16 to 6.58)		5	324	15.43 (6.42 to 37.06)	2.37 (0.94 to 5.97)
50–69	No disability	25	3169	7.89 (5.33 to 11.67)	1	0.002	44	1952	22.54 (16.78 to 30.29)	1	0.06
	Disability	14	566	24.74 (14.65 to 41.77)	3.00 (1.55 to 5.79)		12	255	46.98 (26.68 to 82.73)	1.93 (1.02 to 3.65)
70+	No disability	18	749	24.04 (15.15 to 38.15)	1	<0.001	29	636	45.62 (31.70 to 65.64)	1	0.009
	Disability	52	673	77.30 (58.90 to 101.45)	2.76 (1.61 to 4.75)		32	337	95.07 (67.23 to 134.44)	1.98 (1.19 to 3.30)
All	No disability	83	20 659	4.02 (3.24 to 4.98)	1	<0.001	124	12 458	9.95 (8.35 to 11.87)	1	0.001
	Disability	72	1977	36.42 (28.91 to 45.88)	2.89 (1.20 to 4.19)		49	916	53.49 (40.42 to 70.77)	1.87 (1.30 to 2.71)

*Disability is defined as reporting ‘a lot of difficulty’ or ‘can’t do at all’ in any of the functional domains.

†P value for heterogeneity between age and sex groups=0.94.

‡Rate ratio, adjusted for age (as a continuous variable).

PY, person-years.