Table 1

All cause mortality in patients with epilepsy according to years of follow up

Follow up (y)	Person-years	Obs	SMR	95% CI
0–1	2646	53	16	11–20
2–4	3850	37	7.0	4.7–9.2
5–9	6116	78	6.9	5.4–8.4
10–14	5795	53	3.9	2.8–5.0
15–19	5588	40	2.4	1.6–3.1
20–24	5358	43	2.2	1.6–2.9
24–29	4834	46	2.0	1.4–2.6
30–34	3106	40	2.0	1.4–2.6
35–41	1372	14	0.9	0.4–1.4
0–41	38 665	404	3.2	2.9–3.5

Obs=Observed number of deaths; SMR=observed number of deaths divided by expected number of deaths.