Characteristics of death certificates with mention of MSK disorders/RA in southern Sweden, 1998–2014.
| Characteristics | MSK Disorders | RA | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | All | Men | Women | All | |
| Reported as UCD | ||||||
| n | 303 | 823 | 1126 | 62 | 307 | 369 |
| % from all deaths | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.06 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Age-standardized rate/100,000 person-yrs, mean (95% CI) | 2.3 (2.0–2.6) | 4.1 (3.8–4.5) | 3.4 (3.1–3.6) | 0.5 (0.3–0.6) | 1.5 (1.3–1.7) | 1.1 (0.9–1.2) |
| Age at death, yrs, mean (SD) | 76.8 (12.4) | 80.5 (11.5) | 79.5 (11.9) | 78.1 (9.0) | 81.0 (10.0) | 80.5 (9.9) |
| No. causes on death certificates, mean (SD) | 4.8 (2.3) | 4.6 (2.2) | 4.6 (2.2) | 4.6 (2.1) | 4.2 (2.1) | 4.3 (2.1) |
| Any mention | ||||||
| n | 1752 | 3980 | 5732 | 337 | 1175 | 1512 |
| % from all deaths | 1.8 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 0.8 |
| Age-standardized rate/100,000 person-yrs, mean (95% CI) | 12.5 (11.9–13.1) | 17.6 (17.0–18.3) | 15.5 (15.1–16.0) | 2.4 (2.1–2.7) | 5.7 (5.4–6.1) | 4.3 (4.1–4.6) |
| Age at death, yrs, mean (SD) | 79.6 (11.0) | 82.8 (10.0) | 81.8 (10.4) | 79.2 (8.3) | 80.5 (9.0) | 80.2 (8.8) |
| No. causes on death certificates, mean (SD) | 5.8 (2.4) | 5.5 (2.4) | 5.6 (2.4) | 5.3 (2.3) | 4.9 (2.2) | 5.0 (2.2) |
| UCD/any mention ratio | 0.17 | 0.21 | 0.20 | 0.18 | 0.26 | 0.24 |
MSK: musculoskeletal; RA: rheumatoid arthritis; UCD: underlying cause of death.