Table 3 Number and percentage of deaths, according to age at transfer and social class of adoptive father
Social class during childhood | Age at transfer | Number of adoptees | Number of deaths and cause-specific deaths (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All causes | Natural | External | Suicides | |||
Low social class | At birth | 1772 | 586 (33.1%) | 491 (27.7%) | 59 (3.3%) | 21 (1.2%) |
1–5 months | 2136 | 795 (37.2%) | 662 (31.0%) | 67 (3.1%) | 27 (1.3%) | |
6–23 months | 1920 | 829 (43.2%) | 715 (37.2%) | 67 (3.5%) | 30 (1.6%) | |
2–7 years | 730 | 368 (50.4%) | 301 (41.2%) | 44 (6.0%) | 21 (2.9%) | |
No transfer age | 1512 | 608 (40.2%) | 524 (34.7%) | 41 (2.7%) | 18 (1.2%) | |
High social class | At birth | 867 | 240 (27.7%) | 193 (22.3%) | 28 (3.2%) | 16 (1.8%) |
1–5 months | 1144 | 351 (30.7%) | 293 (25.6%) | 40 (3.5%) | 23 (2.0%) | |
6–23 months | 1153 | 484 (42.0%) | 396 (34.3%) | 49 (4.2%) | 26 (2.3%) | |
2–7 years | 503 | 251 (49.9%) | 215 (42.7%) | 20 (4.0%) | 12 (2.4%) | |
No transfer age | 1191 | 486 (40.8%) | 412 (34.6%) | 40 (3.4%) | 21 (1.8%) | |
Missing | 495 | 248 (50.1%) | 205 (41.4%) | 27 (5.5%) | 16 (3.2%) | |
In total | 13,423 | 5246 (39.1%) | 4407 (32.8%) | 482 (3.6%) | 231 (1.7%) | |