Respiratory-related death in individuals with incident asthma and COPD: a competing risk analysis

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Table 2 Cumulative incidence over 10 years (%) and excess cause-specific death adjusted for age, sex, BMI, smoking status, IMD and competing risks, by underlying respiratory disease

Cause of death	Cumulative incidence at 10 years		Excess (95% CI)	Cumulative incidence at 10 years		Excess (95% CI)
Cause of death	Asthma (%)	Control group (%)	Excess (95% CI)	COPD (%)	Control group (%)	Excess (95% CI)
Diseases of the respiratory system (J00–J99)	0.014	0.005	0.009% (− 0.000, 0.018)	0.098	0.031	0.067% (0.038, 0.095)
Diseases of the circulatory system (I00–I99)	0.018	0.014	0.003% (− 0.007, 0.013)	0.106	0.088	0.018% (− 0.012, 0.047)
Neoplasms (C00–D48)	0.043	0.034	0.009% (− 0.007, 0.025)	0.149	0.113	0.036% (0.001, 0.071)
Diseases of the digestive system (K00–K93)	0.007	0.005	0.002% (− 0.004, 0.008)	0.018	0.016	0.003% (− 0.010, 0.015)
Mental and behavioural disorders (F00–F99)	0.001	0.001	0.000% (− 0.003, 0.002)	0.008	0.016	− 0.008% (− 0.017, 0.000)
Other*	0.014	0.013	0.001% (− 0.008, 0.010)	0.039	0.041	− 0.002% (− 0.020, 0.016)

CI: confidence interval. COPD: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
*Includes missing cause of death. Asthma (N = 65,012) compared to the control group (N = 324,885). COPD (N = 45,649) compared to the control group (N = 228,076)

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