Mortality rates expressed as deaths per 1000 person-years with 95% CIs (within parenthesis) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis/general population
| Calendar period of RA diagnosis | Total follow-up | <1 year | 1 to <5 years | 5–10 years | >10 years |
| Total study period | 19 (17 to 21)/18 (17 to 19) | 9 (7 to 10)/15 (14 to 16) | 15 (13 to 17)/16 (15 to 17) | 24 (21 to 27)/20 (18 to 21) | 34 (29 to 39)/24 (22 to 26) |
| 1997–2001 | 24 (21 to 27)/21 (20 to 22) | 10 (6 to 14)/16 (14 to 19) | 15 (10 to 19)/17 (15 to 20) | 24 (18 to 30)/21 (18 to 24) | 34 (27 to 42)/25 (22 to 28) |
| 2002–2006 | 20 (18 to 22)/18 (17 to 19) | 6 (3 to 8)/16 (14 to 17) | 15 (11 to 19)/16 (14 to 18) | 24 (19 to 29)/19 (17 to 21) | 33 (26 to 41)/22 (19 to 25) |
| 2007–2011 | 16 (14 to 18)/16 (15 to 17) | 10 (7 to 13)/15 (14 to 17) | 16 (12 to 19)/15 (14 to 17) | 21 (17 to 26)/18 (16 to 20) | – |
| 2012–2015 | 11 (9 to 13)/13 (12 to 15) | 9 (6 to 11)/14 (12 to 15) | 12 (9 to 16)/13 (12 to 15) | – | – |
RA, rheumatoid arthritis.