Crude mortality rates per 100 000 person-years and standardised mortality ratios for underlying causes of death and all contributing factors in death by ICD-10 chapters for adults aged 25+ with and without intellectual disabilities
| ICD-10 chapter | Intellectual disabilities | Controls | SMR (95% CI) | ||||
| n (%) | CMR (95% CI) | n (%) | CMR (95% CI) | All | Men | Women | |
| Underlying cause of death | |||||||
| Ch. 1. Certain infectious and parasite diseases | 53 (1.5) | 46.885 (35.819 to 61.369) | 838 (1.2) | 20.145 (18.826 to 21.556) | 4.144 (3.166 to 5.425) | 4.434 (3.100 to 6.341) | 3.728 (2.477 to 5.610) |
| Ch. 2. Neoplasms | 489 (14.3) | 432.576 (395.886 to 472.667) | 20 667 (29.7) | 496.826 (490.098 to 503.646) | 1.366 (1.250 to 1.492) | 1.234 (1.090 to 1.396) | 1.510 (1.330 to 1.714) |
| Ch. 3. Diseases of the blood, blood-forming organs and immune mechanism | <10 | – | 135 (0.2) | 3.245 (2.742 to 3.842) | – | – | – |
| Ch. 4. Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases | 90 (2.6) | 79.615 (64.755 to 97.886) | 1389 (2.0) | 33.391 (31.680 to 35.194) | 3.149 (1.501 to 6.605) | 3.573 (2.715 to 4.701) | 3.919 (2.863 to 5.364) |
| Ch. 5. Mental and behavioural disorders | 243 (7.1) | 214.961 (189.564 to 243.761) | 5084 (7.3) | 122.217 (118.903 to 125.623) | 3.919 (3.456 to 4.444) | 3.961 (3.283 to 4.778) | 3.833 (3.236 to 4.540) |
| Ch. 6. Diseases of the nervous system | 442 (12.9) | 390.999 (356.196 to 429.204) | 3981 (5.7) | 95.702 (92.774 to 98.721) | 7.771 (7.080 to 8.531) | 7.580 (6.631 to 8.664) | 7.842 (6.885 to 8.931) |
| Ch. 7. Diseases of the eye and adnexa | <5 | – | <5 | – | – | – | – |
| Ch. 8. Diseases of the ear and mastoid process | <5 | – | <5 | – | – | – | – |
| Ch. 9. Diseases of the circulatory system | 692 (20.2) | 612.1530 (568.201 to 659.505) | 19 093 (27.4) | 458.987 (452.523 to 465.544) | 2.455 (2.278 to 2.645) | 2.220 (2.006 to 2.456) | 2.634 (2.360 to 2.941) |
| Ch. 10. Diseases of the respiratory system | 484 (14.1) | 428.153 (391.659 to 468.048) | 8716 (12.5) | 209.529 (205.176 to 213.974) | 3.930 (3.595 to 4.296) | 4.095 (3.628 to 4.622) | 3.696 (3.240 to 4.215) |
| Ch. 11. Diseases of the digestive system | 166 (4.8) | 146.846 (126.124 to 170.973) | 3616 (5.2) | 86.927 (84.139 to 89.807) | 2.548 (2.188 to 2.967) | 2.328 (1.889 to 2.869) | 2.732 (2.189 to 3.411) |
| Ch. 12. Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue | 12 (0.3)u | 10.615 (6.029 to 18.692)u | 226 (0.3) | 5.433 (4.769 to 6.190) | 3.483 (1.978 to 6.133)u | – | – |
| Ch. 13. Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue | 22 (0.6) | 19.461 (12.814 to 29.557) | 449 (0.6) | 10.794 (9.840 to 11.840) | 3.152 (2.075 to 4.787) | 4.086 (2.263 to 7.378)u | 2.631 (1.457 to 4.751)u |
| Ch. 14. Diseases of the genitourinary system | 98 (2.9) | 86.692 (71.121 to 105.673) | 1364 (2.0) | 32.790 (31.095 to 34.577) | 5.602 (4.595 to 6.828) | 6.460 (4.896 to 8.523) | 4.919 (3.707 to 6.527) |
| Ch. 15. Pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium | <5 | – | <5 | – | – | – | – |
| Ch. 16. Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period | <5 | – | <5 | – | – | – | |
| Ch. 17. Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities | 426 (12.4) | 376.846 (342.707 to 414.385) | 65 (0.1) | 1.563 (1.225 to 1.993) | 259.5 (236.0 to 285.4) | 224.4 (196.9 to 255.8) | 306.5 (267.0 to 351.8) |
| Ch. 18. Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings | 56 (1.6) | 49.538 (38.124 to 64.371) | 936 (1.3) | 22.501 (21.105 to 23.990) | 3.110 (2.393 to 4.041) | 2.240 (1.488 to 3.370) | 4.002 (2.845 to 5.629) |
| Ch. 19. Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes | <5 | – | <5 | – | – | – | – |
| Ch. 20. External causes of morbidity and mortality | 115 (3.4) | 101.731 (84.738 to 122.131) | 2571 (3.7) | 61.806 (59.462 to 64.242) | 2.118 (1.764 to 2.543) | 1.719 (1.353 to 2.185) | 2.636 (1.986 to 3.498) |
| Unknown cause of death or error in underlying cause of death code | <5 | – | <5 | – | – | – | – |
| Total number of deaths | 3429 (100) | 3033.342 (2933.494 to 3136.588) | 69 641 (100) | 1674.140 (1661.752 to 1686.62) | 3.130 (3.027 to 3.236) | 2.882 (2.751 to 3.019) | 3.329 (3.172 to 3.494) |
| All contributing factors in death | |||||||
| Ch. 1. Certain infectious and parasite diseases | 241 (7.0) | 213.192 (187.906 to 241.881) | 3774 (5.4) | 90.725 (87.877 to 93.667) | 3.929 (3.463 to 4.457) | 3.848 (3.242 to 4.567) | 3.915 (3.248 to 4.719) |
| Ch. 2. Neoplasms | 572 (16.7) | 505.999 (466.186 to 549.213) | 23 717 (34.1) | 570.146 (562.936 to 577.449) | 1.422 (1.310 to 1.544) | 1.298 (1.159 to 1.454) | 1.554 (1.380 to 1.750) |
| Ch. 3. Diseases of the blood, blood-forming organs and immune mechanism | 33 (1.0) | 29.192 (20.754 to 41.062) | 1001 (1.4) | 24.064 (22.618 to 25.601) | 2.151 (1.529 to 3.025) | 1.566 (0.909 to 2.696)u | 2.783 (1.796 to 4.314)u |
| Ch. 4. Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases | 467 (13.6) | 413.115 (377.296 to 452.335) | 8672 (12.5) | 208.471 (204.129 to 212.905) | 3.327 (3.039 to 3.643) | 2.706 (2.381 to 3.076) | 4.071 (3.581 to 4.629) |
| Ch. 5. Mental and behavioural disorders | 944 (27.5) | 835.076 (783.469 to 890.082) | 10 899 (15.7) | 262.007 (257.134 to 266.973) | 6.330 (5.939 to 6.747) | 6.151 (5.625 to 6.726) | 6.281 (5.734 to 6.880) |
| Ch. 6. Diseases of the nervous system | 943 (27.5) | 834.191 (782.612 to 889.170) | 7266 (10.4) | 174.672 (170.701 to 178.734) | 8.890 (8.341 to 9.476) | 8.473 (7.747 to 9.267) | 9.112 (8.319 to 9.980) |
| Ch. 7. Diseases of the eye and adnexa | <5 | – | 41 (0.06) | 0.986 (0.726 to 1.339) | – | – | – |
| Ch. 8. Diseases of the ear and mastoid process | <5 | – | 11 (0.02) | 0.264 (0.146 to 0.477) | – | – | – |
| Ch. 9. Diseases of the circulatory system | 1271 (37.1) | 1124.345 (1064.201 to 1187.888) | 35 223 (50.6) | 846.746 (837.948 to 855.635) | 2.459 (2.328 to 2.598) | 2.231 (2.069 to 2.406) | 2.644 (2.440 to 2.865) |
| Ch. 10. Diseases of the respiratory system | 1616 (47.1) | 1429.537 (1361.51 to 1500.962) | 24 834 (35.7) | 596.999 (589.620 to 604.47) | 4.506 (4.291 to 4.731) | 4.400 (4.118 to 4.702) | 4.506 (4.193 to 4.842) |
| Ch. 11. Diseases of the digestive system | 288 (8.4) | 254.769 (226.981 to 285.959) | 6824 (9.8) | 164.046 (160.200 to 167.985) | 2.374 (2.115 to 2.664) | 2.248 (1.926 to 2.624) | 2.440 (2.051 to 2.904) |
| Ch. 12. Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue | 46 (1.3) | 40.692 (30.480 to 54.327) | 727 (1.0) | 17.477 (16.251 to 18.795) | 4.173 (3.126 to 5.572) | 3.857 (2.515 to 5.916) | 4.443 (3.002 to 6.575) |
| Ch. 13. Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue | 62 (1.8) | 54.846 (42.761 to 70.347) | 1791 (2.6) | 43.055 (41.106 to 45.096) | 2.324 (1.812 to 2.981) | 2.672 (1.845 to 3.870) | 2.143 (1.531 to 3.000) |
| Ch. 14. Diseases of the genitourinary system | 379 (11.1) | 335.269 (303.159 to 370.780) | 8911 (12.8) | 214.217 (209.815 to 218.711) | 3.150 (2.848 to 3.484) | 3.261 (2.840 to 3.744) | 2.984 (2.576 to 3.456) |
| Ch. 15. Pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium | <5 | – | <5 | – | – | – | – |
| Ch. 16. Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period | <5 | – | <5 | – | – | – | – |
| Ch. 17. Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities | 742 (21.6) | 656.384 (610.814 to 705.353) | 127 (0.2) | 3.053 (2.566 to 3.633) | 238.3 (221.8 to 256.1) | 207.5 (188.2 to 228.9) | 275.2 (247.5 to 306.0) |
| Ch. 18. Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings | 521 (15.2) | 460.884 (422.961 to 502.208) | 9745 (14.0) | 234.266 (229.660 to 238.963) | 3.808 (3.494 to 4.149) | 3.784 (3.342 to 4.284) | 3.763 (3.341 to 4.237) |
| Ch. 19. Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes | 194 (5.7) | 171.615 (149.088 to 197.546) | 4068 (5.8) | 97.793 (94.834 to 100.845) | 2.506 (2.177 to 2.885) | 2.309 (1.928 to 2.766) | 2.585 (2.064 to 3.237) |
| Ch. 20. External causes of morbidity and mortality | 234 (6.8) | 207.000 (182.106 to 235.296) | 4927 (7.1) | 118.443 (115.182 to 121.797) | 2.565 (2.257 to 2.916) | 2.313 (1.957 to 2.733) | 2.749 (2.251 to 3.358) |
| Unknown cause of death or error in underlying cause of death code | <5 | – | <5 | – | – | – | – |
| Total number of deaths | 3429 (100) | 3033.342 (2933.494 to 3136.588) | 69 641 (100) | 1674.140 (1661.752 to 1686.62) | 3.130 (3.027 to 3.236) | 2.882 (2.751 to 3.019) | 3.329 (3.172 to 3.494) |
CMR rates based on 10–20 deaths labelled “u” for unreliable.
*n<5 repressed due to statistical disclosure.
CMR, crude mortality rate – reported for ≥10 deaths; ICD-10, International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision; SMR, standardised mortality ratio.