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Table 2 Number of deaths, mean age at death and common primary causes of death for groups with no long-term conditions, only mental health-related long-term conditions, only physical long-term conditions, and both physical and mental health-related long-term conditions

From: Morbidity, mortality and missed appointments in healthcare: a national retrospective data linkage study

 

No long-term conditions

Missed appointment category

Number of deaths (% of group dead)

Mean age at death (SD)

Most common primary causes of death (%)

Zero

262 (0.1%)

68.06 (21.09)

I219 (8.4), C349 (5.7), R99 (5.7)

Low

119 (0.1%)

64.38 (21.78)

R99 (10), G309 (9.2), I259 (5)

Medium

41 (0.2%)

62.56 (23.08)

C349 (9.8), R99 (9.8), C221 (7.3)

High

24 (0.4%)

56.79 (27.14)

R99 (25), F019 (8.3), N40 (8.3)

 

Only mental health-related long-term conditions

Missed appointment category

Number of deaths (% of group dead)

Mean age at death (SD)

Most common primary causes of death

Zero

69 (0.2%)

55.72 (20)

R99 (11.6), X70 (10.1), I219 (8.7)

Low

83 (0.4%)

54.68 (18.79)

R99 (21.6), X70 (12), I219 (6)

Medium

58 (0.6%)

53.1 (20.18)

R99 (19), X42 (6.9), Y14 (6.9)

High

53 (1.7%)

49.3 (20)

R99 (32), G309 (9.4), Y14 (5.6)

 

Only physical long-term conditions

Missed appointment category

Number of deaths (% of group dead)

Mean age at death (SD)

Most common primary causes of death

Zero

1399 (0.1%)

77.12 (12.34)

C349 (8.3), I219 (7.3), I259 (3.2)

Low

1361 (1.9%)

77.46 (13.36)

I219 (7.3), C349 (6), I259 (4.2)

Medium

1025 (3.2%)

78.93 (12.54)

C349 (8.1), I219 (6.4), I259 (4.6)

High

1241 (6.6%)

79.97 (13.27)

C349 (6.1), I219 (5.8), I259 (4.2)

 

Both physical and mental health-related long-term conditions

Missed appointment category

Number of deaths (% of group dead)

Mean age at death (SD)

Most common primary causes of death

Zero

1193 (2.0%)

76.65 (13.53)

G309 (7.5), F03 (6.9), I219 (6.2)

Low

1432 (2.9%)

76.56 (13.59)

G309 (6.7), F03 (6.2), I219 (5.5)

Medium

1372 (4.2%)

75.01 (14.93)

G309 (6), F019 (5.8), I219 (5.3)

High

2114 (7.0%)

76.19 (15.29)

F019 (7.9), G309 (6.4), F03 (5.9)

  1. Key: I219 Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified; C349 Malignant neoplasm of unspecified part of bronchus or lung; R99 Ill-defined and unknown cause of mortality; G309 Alzheimer’s disease, unspecified; I259 Chronic ischemic heart disease, unspecified; C221 Intrahepatic bile duct carcinoma; F019 Vascular dementia, unspecified; N40 Benign prostatic hyperplasia; X70 Intentional self-harm by hanging, strangulation and suffocation; X42 Accidental poisoning by and exposure to narcotics and psychodysleptics [hallucinogens], not elsewhere classified; Y14 Poisoning by and exposure to other and unspecified drugs, medicaments and biological substances, undetermined intent; F03 Unspecified dementia, SD standard deviation