Table 2.
Incidence rates of deaths and liver-related events.
| All-Cause Deaths | Liver-Related Deaths | Liver-Related Events | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Person-Years | n | Rate per 1000 Person-Years (95% CI) | n | Rate per 1000 Person-Years (95% CI) | Person-Years | n | Rate per 1000 Person-Years (95% CI) |
| Overall | 66,153 | 470 | 7.1 (6.5–7.8) | 37 | 0.6 (0.4–0.8) | 65,321 | 239 | 3.7 (3.2–4.2) |
| Calendar year 1 | ||||||||
| 2013 | 8482 | 65 | 7.7 (6.0– 9.8) | 7 | 0.8 (0.4–1.7) | 8459 | 70 | 8.3 (6.5–10.5) |
| 2014 | 9252 | 60 | 6.5 (5.0–8.4) | 8 | 0.9 (0.4–1.7) | 9176 | 44 | 4.8 (3.6–6.4) |
| 2015 | 9526 | 96 | 10.1 (8.3–12.3) | 5 | 0.5 (0.2–1.3) | 9417 | 37 | 3.9 (2.8–5.4) |
| 2016 | 9647 | 69 | 7.2 (5.7–9.1) | 6 | 0.6 (0.3–1.4) | 9510 | 30 | 3.2 (2.2–4.5) |
| 2017 | 9603 | 83 | 8.6 (7.0–10.7) | 6 | 0.6 (0.3–1.4) | 9451 | 28 | 3.0 (2.0–4.3) |
| 2018 | 9660 | 66 | 6.8 (5.4–8.7) | 4 | 0.4 (0.2–1.1) | 9496 | 23 | 2.4 (1.6–3.6) |
| 2019 | 9352 | 30 | 3.2 (2.2–4.6) | 1 | 0.1 (0.0–0.8) | 9194 | 7 | 0.8 (0.4–1.6) |
| 2020 | 592 | 1 | 1.7 (0.2–12.0) | 0 | 0 | 578 | 0 | 0 |
| Transmission risk group | ||||||||
| Heterosexual | 25,289 | 145 | 5.7 (4.9–6.7) | 11 | 0.4 (0.2–0.8) | 25,089 | 63 | 2.5 (4.9–6.7) |
| PWID | 7466 | 138 | 18.5 (15.6–21.9) | 21 | 2.8 (1.8–4.3) | 7098 | 100 | 14.1 (15.6–21.9) |
| MSM | 30,072 | 165 | 5.5 (4.7–6.4) | 5 | 0.2 (0.1–0.4) | 29,839 | 68 | 2.3 (4.7–6.4) |
| Other | 3326 | 22 | 6.6 (4.4–10.0) | 0 | 0 | 3294 | 8 | 2.4 (4.4–10.0) |
| Alcohol drinking pattern | ||||||||
| Abstinence | 16,011 | 205 | 12.8 (11.2–14.7) | 20 | 1.2 (0.8–1.9) | 15,713 | 76 | 4.8 (3.9–6.1) |
| Non-hazardous drinking | 36,114 | 187 | 5.2 (4.5–6.0) | 9 | 0.2 (0.1–0.5) | 35,781 | 90 | 2.5 (2.0–3.1) |
| Hazardous drinking (no binge) | 11,105 | 42 | 3.8 (2.8–5.1) | 5 | 0.5 (0.2–1.1) | 10,985 | 39 | 3.6 (2.6–4.9) |
| Binge drinking | 2923 | 36 | 12.3 (8.9–17.0) | 3 | 1.0 (0.3–3.2) | 2842 | 34 | 12.0 (8.5–16.8) |
PWID: persons who inject drugs, MSM: men who have sex with men, CI: confidence interval; 1 Database closure was in April 2020.