Causes of Death in Implant Patients Treated in the Edentulous Jaw: A Comparison between 2098 Deceased Patients and the Swedish National Cause of Death Register

Table 5

Mortality among 290 treated edentulous patients undergoing treatment with dental implants who were >79 years at surgery and treated and deceased during 1986–2014.

Causes of death	Total number of deceased patients ()
	Observed	Expected	SMR	95% CI^†
Infectious diseases	3	6	0.5	0.0–1.1
Tumours	37	51	0.7^‡	0.5–0.9
Endocrine/metabolic diseases	4	8	0.5^‡	0.0–0.9
Mental illness	14	24	0.6^‡	0.3–0.8
Diseases in the circulatory system	129	189	0.7^‡	0.6–0.8
Diseases in the respiratory system	17	29	0.6^‡	0.3–0.9
Diseases in the digestive system	3	10	0.3^‡	0.0–0.6
All causes	236	362	0.6^‡	0.5–0.7

SMR: standardised mortality ratio; ^†95% CI, 95% confidence interval; ^‡statistically significant.