Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristic in the 2,826 deaths analyzed, by diagnosed asthma, COPD or neither of the two diseases (without asthma/COPD)

0.350^*

75 (15)

76 (9)

75 (14)

0.690^†

(60–80)

(68–85)

(61–89)

0.310^¶

18 (22)

256 (90.4)

1280 (53.0)

< 0.001 ^*

64 (78)

27 ( 9.6)

1171 (47.0)

< 0.001 ^†

< 0.001 ^¶

8 (10.5)

64 (22.7)

295 (13.8)

< 0.001 ^*

9 (11.8)

208 (73.6)

547 (25.5)

0.008^†

58 (77.7)

10 (3.7)

1300 (60.7)

< 0.001 ^¶

0.266^*

28 (34.6)

77 (27.7)

652 (26.9)

0.081^†

0.417^¶

0.035^*

26 (32.1)

58 (21.5)

590 (24.8)

0.090^†

0.121^¶

0.148^*

43 (52.8)

184 (65.0)

1321 (53.7)

0.529^†

0.030^¶

0.033^*

27 (32.8)

57 (20.1)

339 (13.8)

< 0.001 ^†

0.011^¶

0.061^*

27.6 (7)

25.2 (5.4)

23.7 (6)

< 0.001 ^†

(20,6-34,6)

(19,8-30,6)

(17,7-29,7)

0.002 ^¶