Table 3 Comparison of causes of death between persons from the TRAIL cohort and the Danish background population from 1974 to 2017, stratified by age groups 0–69 and 70 +
TRAIL (n = 357) | Denmark (n = 2 113 293)a | Relative Risk | 95% CI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Asthma, bronchitis, emphysema and pneumonia | 0–69 | 36 (23%) | 26,811 (4%) | 5.3 | 4.0–7.1 |
70 + | 57 (29%) | 85,225 (6%) | 5.0 | 4.0–6.2 | |
Cardiovascular causes | |||||
Ischaemic cardiovascular disease | 0–69 | 18 (11%) | 80,118 (13%) | 0.89 | 0.6–1.4 |
70 + | 21 (11%) | 298,467 (21%) | 0.5 | 0.4–0.8 | |
Other cardiac cause | 0–69 | 5 (3%) | 18,304 (3%) | 1.1 | 0.5–2.6 |
70 + | 13 (7%) | 95,873 (6%) | 1.0 | 0.6–1.7 | |
Malignancy | |||||
Malignant neoplasm | 0–69 | 32 (20%) | 181,116 (29%) | 0.7 | 0.5–1.0 |
70 + | 29 (15%) | 274,408 (18%) | 0.8 | 0.6–1.1 | |
Airway neoplasm | 0–69 | 5 (3%) | 60,605 (10%) | 0.3 | 0.1–0.8 |
70 + | 9 (5%) | 69,634 (5%) | 1.0 | 0.5–1.8 | |
Other causes | 0–69 | 62 (39%) | 338,517 (54%) | 0.7 | 0.6–0–9 |
70 + | 70 (35%) | 664,233 (45%) | 0.8 | 0.7–1.0 |