Table 1

Cohort characteristics (n=472 259)

Total	Total sample		2001–2005		2006–2010		2011–2015		2016–2017
	N	(%)	N	(%)	N	(%)	N	(%)	N	(%)
	472 259	100	133 981	100	139 595	100	142 590	100	56 093	100
Age in years at time of death, mean (min;max)		73 (18;111)		72 (20;104)		73 (18;106)		73 (18;111)		74 (21;107)
Age in years at time of death
<55	25 243	5.3	8227	6.1	7520	5.4	6926	4.9	2570	4.6
55–64	75 498	16	22 267	16.6	23 775	17	21 697	15.2	7759	13.8
65–74	146 059	30.9	41 897	31.3	41 512	29.7	44 554	31.2	18 096	32.3
75–84	161 510	34.2	47 977	35.8	48 221	34.5	46 803	32.8	18 509	33
85+	63 949	13.5	13 613	10.2	18 567	13.3	22 610	15.9	9159	16.3
Gender
Female	203 641	43.1	53 766	40.1	60 119	43.1	64 061	44.9	25 695	45.8
Male	268 618	56.9	80 215	59.9	79 476	56.9	78 529	55.1	30 398	54.2
Number of comorbidities
0	340 764	72.2	1,07,229	80	1,03,653	74.3	94 904	66.6	34 978	62.4
1	89 894	19	20 577	15.4	25 576	18.3	30 947	21.7	12 794	22.8
2+	41 601	8.8	6175	4.6	10 366	7.4	16 739	11.7	8321	14.8
Marital status
Divorced/separated	59 262	12.5	13 109	9.8	16 809	12	20 598	14.4	8746	15.6
Married	239 150	50.6	70 544	52.7	71 209	51	70 327	49.3	27 070	48.3
Single	33 150	7	8896	6.6	9357	6.7	10 473	7.3	4424	7.9
Widowed	137 802	29.2	40 585	30.3	41 362	29.6	40 384	28.3	15 471	27.6
Unknown	2895	0.6	847	0.6	858	0.6	808	0.6	382	0.7
Socioeconomic status (IMD quintile)
1 (most deprived)	125 190	26.5	36 968	27.6	37 061	26.5	36 931	25.9	14 230	25.4
2	103 205	21.9	29 706	22.2	30 591	21.9	30 760	21.6	12 148	21.7
3	92 998	19.7	26 088	19.5	27 638	19.8	28 120	19.7	11 152	19.9
4	82 061	17.4	22 740	17	24 511	17.6	25 013	17.5	9797	17.5
5 (least deprived)	68 805	14.6	18 479	13.8	19 794	14.2	21 766	15.3	8766	15.6

IMD, Index of Multiple Deprivation.