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Table 3 Distribution of causes of death with associated characteristics of overall disability score (DISAB) and duration of survival

From: Survival and mortality in cerebral palsy: observations to the sixth decade from a data linkage study of a total population register and National Death Index

Coded Cause of death

Total % (N)

Mean DISAB(sd)

Median DISAB

N with missing DISAB

Mean age of death years (sd)

Median age of death, years

Range of age of death, years

Respiratory

56.8 (187)

9.3 (1.9)

10

2

15.0 (12.6)

12.1

1.0, 55.6

No sufficient immediate cause coded

7.3 (24)

8.3 (3.0)

9.5

0

23.7 (16.8)

21.1

1.0, 50.8

Status epilepticus

6.7 (22)

7.4 (2.5)

7.5

0

9.4 (9.2)

6.1

1.3, 36.8

Accident/trauma

6.4 (21)

6.1 (2.4)

6

0

22.5 (14.1)

21.3

2.5, 54.6

Non-respiratory infection

4.9 (16)

8.5 (2.7)

10

1

16.6 (15.9)

11.5

1.3, 53.6

Cancer

4.0 (13)

6.1 (2.35)

6

0

37.7 (14.5)

36.6

18.9, 57.2

Circulatory disease

3.6 (12)

7.5 (2.4)

7

1

28.4 (17.9)

24.0

2.4, 55.1

Major organ failure

3.0 (10)

6.5 (2.8)

6

0

26.8 (16.5)

25.9

4.1, 49.9

> 1 sufficient cause

3.0 (10)

8.6 (2.9)

9

1

23.2 (6.3)

25.0

1.8, 51.2

Miscellaneous

2.7 (9)

9.6 (1.8)

10

0

15.5 (9.8)

14.0

5.5, 37.7

Birth defects

1.5 (5)

7.4 (3.6)

9

0

14.6 (18.2)

5.5

2.0, 45.3

Total with cause

100 (329)

8.6 (2.4)

9

5

17.8 (14.7)

14.3

1.0, 57.2

 

N

      

Unknown cause

107

8.1 (2.6)

9

85

11.6 (10.2)

7.9

1.0, 39.8

Total deaths

436

8.5 (2.5)

9

90

16.3 (14.0)

12.5

1.0, 57.2

     

Mean age at census

Median age at census

Age range at census

Survivors

2749

4.6 (2.5)

4

111

25.6 (15.0)

23.4

2.1, 58.1