Demography, common disorders and mortality of Boxer dogs under primary veterinary care in the UK

Table 4 Common grouped causes of mortality in Boxers under primary-care veterinary at UK practices participating in the VetCompass™ Programme from January 1^st, 2016 to December 31^st, 2016 (n = 346). Disorders with 8 or more events included

Grouped-level disorder	No	Overall %	95% CI^a	Median age at death (years)	% Female	% Male	P-Value*	White prevalence	Non-white prevalence	White P-value**
Death – unrecorded cause	73	21.10	17.13–25.70	10.58	23.73	17.86	0.180	20.45	20.90	0.947
Neoplasia	43	12.43	9.36–16.32	9.45	11.86	13.10	0.729	9.09	12.69	0.499
Brain disorder	33	9.54	6.87–13.09	11.01	9.04	10.12	0.733	18.18	7.84	0.028
Mass lesion	29	8.38	5.90–11.78	10.95	8.47	8.33	0.962	4.55	9.70	0.267
Collapsed	23	6.65	4.47–9.78	11.61	6.21	7.14	0.730	4.55	7.46	0.484
Heart disease	16	4.62	2.87–7.38	10.13	3.95	5.36	0.536	0.00	5.22	0.121
Poor quality of life	11	3.18	1.78–5.60	10.55	2.26	4.17	0.314	2.27	3.73	0.627
Renal disease	11	3.18	1.78–5.60	7.92	3.95	2.38	0.406	2.27	3.73	0.627
Spinal cord disorder	10	2.89	1.58–5.24	10.84	1.69	4.17	0.171	4.55	2.61	0.478
Musculoskeletal disorder	9	2.60	1.37–4.87	12.01	2.26	2.98	0.677	2.27	2.61	0.895
Behaviour disorder	8	2.31	1.18–4.50	7.00	1.69	2.98	0.429	0.00	2.24	0.316
Enteropathy	8	2.31	1.18–4.50	8.77	3.39	1.19	0.175	6.82	1.49	0.027

^aCI confidence interval. *The P-value reflects prevalence comparison between females and males. **The P-value reflects prevalence comparison between white and non-white Boxers

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