Table 2.

Mortality in the bronchiectasis cohort relative to the matched cohort.

	Total (N = 29,646)					Male (n = 14,307)					Female (n = 15,339)
	No. at risk	No. of death	IR (/100,000 PY)	HRa	95% CI	No. at risk	No. of death	IR (/100,000 PY)	HRa	95% CI	No. at risk	No. of death	IR (/100,000 PY)	HRa	95% CI
Overall
Matched	14,823	2058	2142.2	Ref	Ref	7153	1250	2781.3	Ref	Ref	7670	808	1580.4	Ref	Ref
BE	14,823	2250	2505.1	1.15	1.09–1.22	7154	1405	3362.0	1.19	1.10–1.29	7669	845	1759.5	1.10	0.99–1.21
Age group
< 60 years
Matched	7179	246	485.8	Ref	Ref	3398	168	713.6	Ref	Ref	3781	78	287.8	Ref	Ref
BE	7177	274	569.7	1.17	0.98–1.39	3394	195	872.2	1.22	0.99–1.51	3783	79	306.9	1.05	0.77–1.44
≥ 60 years
Matched	7644	1812	3989.0	Ref	Ref	3755	1082	5056.4	Ref	Ref	3889	730	3038.3	Ref	Ref
BE	7646	1976	4736.5	1.17	1.10–1.25	3760	1210	6226.5	1.21	1.12–1.32	3886	766	3437.2	1.12	1.01–1.24

Data are presented as risk ratios (95% confidence interval).

^aUnadjusted hazard ratio.

BE, bronchiectasis; IR, incidence rate; PY, person-years; HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval; Ref, reference.