Overview of Patient Characteristics and Mortality Timing Pre- and Post-Matching.

This figure provides summary data on the distribution of patient numbers and all-cause mortality across study and control groups before and after cohort matching. Pre-matching data include total patient counts and the timing of deaths by year over a five-year observation period. Post-matching tables detail demographic information by sex and age group, as well as categorized causes of death within the study group. Additional stratification of deaths by age group is presented for the matched control group. These data were used to support comparative survival and comorbidity analyses in the main study.
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