Table 1.

Number of recorded deaths of PWE in the CPRD per full year within the study period

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Average age of adult PWE in the database, mean (SD)	48.7 (18.5)	49.0 (18.6)	49.3 (18.6)	49.6 (18.6)	49.9 (18.6)	50.2 (18.6)	50.5 (18.6)	50.8 (18.6)	51.2 (18.6)
No of PWE registered in the database	48 447	48 585	48 031	46 948	45 941	44 485	42 521	40 120	37 865
No of recorded deaths	821	1075	1190	1241	1214	1307	1282	1386	1386
No of deaths per 1000 PWE in the CPRD	16.9	22.1	24.8	26.4	26.4	29.4	30.1	34.5	36.6

PWE defined as having an epilepsy diagnostic code and at least two prescriptions of AEDs, aged >17. Study period was from 1 April 2004 to 31 March 2014. Only data from full calendar years within this time frame were used for this table.

AED, antiepileptic drug; CPRD, Clinical Practice Research Datalink; PWE, people with epilepsy.