Survival and causes of death in adults with spina bifida in Sweden: a population-based case-control study

To analyse survival rates and causes of death in adults with spina bifida in Sweden compared with a matched control group. This population-based study included 11,900 adults born between 1950 and 1997. Three national Swedish registers were used to identify individuals with a diagnosis of spina bifida and a matched control group without spina bifida in the period 1990-2015. International Classification of Diseases codes were used to identify causes of death. Survival analysis was conducted and causes of death in the 2 groups were compared. There was a lower probability of survival for people with spina bifida in all age groups (p