Excess of mortality in patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) separately for each sex
| Asthma | COPD | ||||||
| Male | Female | Both | Male | Female | Both | ||
| Patients n | 104 | 175 | 279 | 494 | 375 | 869 | |
| O/E n | 41/26.6 | 55/55.4 | 96/55.4 | 391/143.9 | 280/58.6 | 671/202.4 | |
| Excess of mortality O/E (95% CI) | 1.5 (1.1–2.1) | 1.9 (1.4–2.5) | 1.7 (1.4–2.1) | 2.7 (2.5–3.0) | 4.8 (4.2–5.4) | 3.3 (3.1–3.6) | |
Data are calculated from the observed number of deaths (O) and the expected number of deaths from the regional population (E) after adjusting for age and sex. CI: confidence interval.