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Table 4 Excess mortality for different causes of death

From: Five-year mortality after acute poisoning treated in ambulances, an Emergency outpatient clinic and hospitals in Oslo

 

Ambulance

Outpatient

Hospital

Total

 

SMR

CI

SMR

CI

SMR

CI

SMR

CI

Cardiovascular

3.6

(2.2–5.8)

3.1

(1.8–5.2)

1.9

(0.8–2.9)

2.7

(1.9–3.5)

Cancer

1.2

(0.6–2.3)

1.4

(0.8–2.6)

0.9

(0.5–1.8)

1.2

(0.8–1.7)

Suicide

4.6

(2.2–9.6)

3.9

(1.7–8.7)

11.8

(7.5–18.5)

6.8

(4.8–9.6)

Accident

36.1

(26.5–45.7)

18.9

(13.0–27.4)

15.2

(8.4–22.0)

23.9

(19.2–28.6)

Total

11.6

(9.4–13.7)

9.9

(8.0–12.2)

5.9

(4.6–7.1)

8.6

(7.6–9.6)

  1. SMR: Age and sex adjusted standardized mortality rate.
  2. SMRs was not calculated for the 80 patients dying of other causes.
  3. Excess mortality among the 2045 patients treated for acute poisoning at different health care levels in Oslo in 2003.