Table 1 Number and percentage of deaths, according to age at transfer during the follow-up period 1940–2009
Age at transfer | Number of adoptees | Number of deaths and cause-specific deaths (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All causes | Natural | External | Suicides | ||
At birth | 2701 | 856 (31.7%) | 706 (26.1%) | 91 (3.4%) | 39 (1.4%) |
1–5 months | 3357 | 1183 (35.2%) | 992 (29.6%) | 107 (3.2%) | 50 (1.5%) |
6–11 months | 1732 | 729 (41.6%) | 614 (35.4%) | 66 (3.8%) | 32 (1.9%) |
12–23 months | 1474 | 656 (44.5%) | 555 (37.7%) | 60 (4.1%) | 29 (2.0%) |
2–3 years | 1003 | 498 (49.7%) | 424 (42.3%) | 45 (4.5%) | 23 (2.3%) |
4–7 years | 325 | 179 (55.1%) | 141 (43.4%) | 25 (7.7%) | 13 (4.0%) |
No registered age of transfer | 2831 | 1145 (40.5%) | 975 (34.4%) | 88 (3.1%) | 45 (1.6%) |
In total | 13,423 | 5246 (39.1%) | 4407 (32.8%) | 482 (3.6%) | 231 (1.7%) |