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Table 4 Numbers needed to harm and extra cases per 10 000 current users of antipsychotics over one year

From: Antipsychotic drug exposure and risk of pulmonary embolism: a population-based, nested case–control study

 

Number needed to harm (95% confidence interval)

Extra cases per 10 000 treated (95% confidence interval)

overall population

624 (404 to 1,365)

16 (7 to 25)

age ≥ 65

244 (178 to 388)

41 (26 to 56)

Women

326 (237 to 520)

31 (19 to 42)

age ≥ 65 and women

160 (121 to 236)

62 (42 to 83)