Table 2 Characteristics of deaths in the group with intellectual disability (ID) and the matched control population
Deaths among individuals with intellectual disability (ID) (n = 3147) | Deaths among matched control population | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sub-sample of individuals with DS (n = 761) n (%) | Sub-sample of individuals with ID (DS excluded) (n = 3977) n (%) | All individuals with ID (n = 4738) n (%) | Total (n = 8364) n (%) | |
Sex | ||||
Men | 385 (50.6) | 2227 (56.0) | 2612 (55.1) | 4877 (58.3) |
Women | 376 (49.4) | 1750 (44.0) | 2126 (44.9) | 3487 (41.7) |
Age group in 2002 | ||||
42–44 year | 18 (2.4) | 36 (0.9) | 54 (1.1) | 51 (0.6) |
45–54 year | 344 (45.2) | 852 (21.4) | 1196 (25.2) | 1172 (14.0) |
55–64 year | 346 (45.5) | 1446 (36.4) | 1792 (37.8) | 2450 (29.3) |
65–74 year | 49 (6.4) | 1067 (26.8) | 1116 (23.6) | 2501 (29.9) |
75–79 year | 1 (0.1) | 339 (8.5) | 340 (7.2) | 1160 (13.9) |
80+ year | 3 (0.4) | 237 (6.0) | 240 (5.1) | 1030 (12.3) |
Marital status | ||||
Married | 9 (1.2) | 195 (5.0) | 204 (4.4) | 4284 (51.6) |
Not married | 732 (98.8) | 3743 (95.1) | 4475 (95.6) | 4025 (48.4) |
Country of birth | ||||
Swedish-born | 749 (98.4) | 3857 (97.0) | 4606 (97.2) | 7479 (89.4) |
Foreign-born | 12 (1.6) | 120 (3.0) | 132 (2.8) | 885 (10.6) |