Standardised mortality ratios for total and cause specific mortality in 3521 Swedish women with cosmetic breast implants


Cause of death
Observed No of deaths
Expected No of deaths*
Standardised mortality ratio (95% CI)
All causes 85 58.7 1.5 (1.2 to 1.8)
Suicide 15 5.2 2.9 (1.6 to 4.8)
Unintentional injury 10 5.6 1.8 (0.9 to 3.3)
Cardiovascular disease 11 11.2 1.0 (0.5 to 1.8)
Malignancies: 36 25.9 1.4 (1.0 to 1.9)
  Lung 8 2.7 3.0 (1.3 to 5.9)
  Cervix uteri 3 1.2 2.5 (0.5 to 7.4)
  Breast 4 6.7 0.6 (0.2 to 1.6)
Other causes 13 10.8 1.2 (0.6 to 2.1)

* Based on age specific and calendar year specific death rates in total female Swedish population.




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