Repeated hospital admission for intentional poisonings among older adults - a Swedish national register-based study

Table 2 Death all causes and of other unnatural causes 30 days and one year following a first (n = 15 219) or a second (n = 1534) intentional poisoning, stratified by sex and age

Characteristics		Total number of cases	Death within 30 days				Death within 1 year
		Total number of cases	All causes		Other unnatural cause		All causes		Other unnatural cause
		n	n	%¹	n	%²	n	%¹	n	%²
First intentional poisoning
Total		15,219	348	2.3	46	13.2	1316	8.6	159	12.1
Sex	Men	6458	182	2.8	30	16.5	702	10.9	104	14.8
Sex	Women	8761	166	1.9	16	9.6	614	7.0	55	9.0
Age group (in yrs)	50–64	9686	136	1.4	24	17.6	492	5.1	91	18.5
	65–79	3717	95	2.6	12	12.6	403	10.8	42	10.4
	80–100	1816	117	6.4	10	8.5	421	23.2	26	6.2
Second intentional poisoning
Total		1534	32	2.1	6	18.8	146	9.5	28	19.2
Sex	Men	642	17	2.6	3	-	74	11.5	18	24.0
Sex	Women	892	15	1.7	3	-	72	8.1	10	13.9
Age group (in yrs)	50–64	1087	20	1.8	4	-	79	7.3	19	24.0
	65–79	339	8	2.4	2	-	48	14.2	5	10.4
	80–100	108	4	3.7	0	-	19	17.6	4	-

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