Table 3.

Number of deaths, person-years, average annual mortality rates (95% Confidence Interval) for the ECRHS-Italy cohort (1991–2000),and official mortality rates in northern Italy.

	Number of deaths	Person-years	Mortality rate *10,000 (95% C.I.)	Northern Italy mortality rates *10,000 $
Total	47	42523	11.0 (8.3–14.7)	10.9
Sex
Men	34	21592	15.7 (11.2–22.0)	14.7
Women	13	20931	6.2 (3.6–10.7)	6.9

^$ ISTAT (National Institute of statistics) 1998