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Table 2 Differences in sex-specific incidence rates per 10000 person years by age between males and femalesa

From: National cohort study of absolute risk and age-specific incidence of multiple adverse outcomes between adolescence and early middle age

 

15–19 years

20–24 years

25–29 years

30–34 years

35–39 years

Premature mortality

 All-cause mortality

3.3

5.3

5.0

5.2

6.1

(3.0 to 3.5)

(4.9 to 5.6)

(4.6 to 5.4)

(4.7 to 5.7)

(5.3 to 6.8)

 Suicide

0.5

1.1

1.2

1.3

1.2

(0.4 to 0.6)

(0.9 to 1.2)

(1.1 to 1.4)

(1.1 to 1.5)

(1.0 to 1.5)

 Accidental death

0.4

0.9

1.0

1.1

1.2

(0.3 to 0.4)

(0.8 to 1.0)

(0.9 to 1.2)

(0.9 to 1.3)

(1.0 to 1.5)

Psychiatric morbidity

 All psychiatric illnesses

−28.5

−23.0

−15.8

−11.2

−9.3

(-29.5 to -27.6)

(-24.1 to -21.8)

(-17.1 to -14.5)

(-12.7 to -9.7)

(-11.1 to -7.5)

 Attempted suicide

−16.3

−2.0

2.1

3.1

1.4

(-16.9 to -15.7)

(-2.6 to -1.3)

(1.5 to 2.7)

(2.5 to 3.8)

(0.6 to 2.2)

 Alcohol or drug misuse disorders

3.9

10.3

11.1

10.8

8.6

(3.6 to 4.3)

(9.8 to 10.8)

(10.5 to 11.7)

(10.1 to 11.4)

(7.8 to 9.5)

Criminality

 Violent criminal offence

58.1

49.2

24.7

15.9

12.9

(57.3 to 58.9)

(48.5 to 50.0)

(24.1 to 25.4)

(15.2 to 16.5)

(12.1 to 13.6)

 Custodial sentence

34.2

58.8

28.2

15.0

9.6

(33.6 to 34.7)

(58.0 to 59.7)

(27.5 to 28.9)

(14.4 to 15.6)

(8.9 to 10.2)

 Driving under influence of alcohol or drugs

32.6

65.4

37.5

26.0

19.0

(32.1 to 33.2)

(64.6 to 66.3)

(36.7 to 38.3)

(25.1 to 26.8)

(18.1 to 20.0)

  1. aA positive value denotes that the incidence rate for male is greater than that for female, while a negative value denotes the opposite