Number of events and rates (*per million person years at risk) for pneumothorax in England: patients diagnosed in the GPRD (1991–5), emergency hospital admissions (1991–4) and deaths (1991–5)
| Age group | Patient GP consultations | Emergency hospital admissions | Deaths | ||||||||
| Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | ||||||
| No. of events (all ages) | 806 | 343 | 15834 | 5766 | 150 | 77 | |||||
| Rate*(all ages) | 240.1 | 98.4 | 166.7 | 58.3 | 1.26 | 0.62 | |||||
| Rate* (ages 15–34) | 369.8 | 153.7 | 256.0 | 93.6 | 0.24 | 0.06 | |||||
| Rate* ( age 55+) | 325.5 | 109.1 | 253.1 | 57.6 | 4.60 | 1.96 | |||||