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Table 1 Mortality of delinquents and that of their age-, gender-, and place of birth-matched controls during the follow-up

From: Mortality of young offenders: a national register-based follow-up study of 15- to 19-year-old Finnish delinquents referred for forensic psychiatric examination between 1980 and 2010

 

Delinquents

Controls

OR

CI 95%

p

n = 606

n = 2424

All

 Deaths total; n (%)

134 (22.1)

82 (3.4)

8.11

6.05–10.86

<0.001

 Natural

23 (3.8)

36 (1.5)

2.62

1.54–4.45

<0.001

 Unnatural

107 (17.6)

42 (1.7)

12.16

8.40–17.60

<0.001

 Unclear

4 (0.7)

4 (0.2)

4.02

1.00–16.12

0.03

 

n = 551

n = 2204

   

Boys

 Deaths total

121 (22.0)

81 (3.7)

7.38

5.46–9.95

<0.001

 Natural

23 (4.2)

36 (1.6)

2.62

1.54–4.46

<0.001

 Unnatural

94 (17.1)

41 (1.9)

10.85

7.42–15.87

<0.001

 Unclear

4 (0.7)

4 (0.2)

4.02

1.00–16.13

0.03

 

n = 55

n = 220

   

Girls

 Deaths total

13 (23.6)

1 (0.5)

67.79

8.63–532.00

<0.001

 Natural

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

–

–

–

 Unnatural

13 (23.6)

1 (0.5)

67.79

8.63–532.00

<0.001

 Unclear

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

–

–

–

  1. OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, Natural deaths deaths attributable to a disease or an occupational disease, Unnatural deaths accidents, suicides, homicides