Number of diagnoses, underlying or contributing, according to period of death
| Time of death | Mean no. of diagnoses | p | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients (n = 249) | Controls (n = 1245) | |||||
| Mann-Whitney tests were performed for each time period, comparing the number of diagnoses in patients and controls. *Statistical significance. | ||||||
| 1951–1968 | 1.36 | 1.23 | 0.09 | |||
| 1969–1985 | 2.53 | 1.90 | <0.001* | |||
| 1986–1995 | 2.63 | 1.98 | <0.001* | |||
| 1996–2001 | 3.37 | 2.46 | <0.001* | |||