Table 4.

Causes of death. Underlying causes of death during 18 years of follow up among disability pensioners and referents

	Women						Men
	Disability pension		Non-retired				Disability pension		Non-retired
	n1)	rate2)	n1)	rate2)	HR3)	95%CI4)	n1)	Rate2)	n1)	rate2)	HR3)	95%CI4)
Infectious disease	2	22	0	0	4.46	0.32, 61.98	0	0	0	0
Tumors	47	527	56	248	1.92	1.25, 2.95	31	392	44	149	1.72	0.997, 2.95
Endocrine disease	1	11	2	9	0.89	0.07, 10.89	4	51	2	7	17.58	2.17, 142.36
Psychiatric disease	5	56	2	9	5.53	0.95, 32.16	2	25	5	17	1.32	0.20, 8.69
Alcohol or drug abuse	2	22	1	4	18.14	0.72, 459.46	2	25	5	17	1.32	0.20, 8.69
Neurological disease	3	34	2	9	2.42	0.36, 16.27	4	51	0	0
Cardiovascular disease	36	404	17	75	3.91	2.11, 7.24	49	619	44	149	3.34	2.05, 5.47
Myocardial infarction	15	168	8	35	3.64	1.45, 9.15	36	455	35	119	3.03	1.73, 5.30
Stroke	10	112	2	9	7.24	1.54, 33.93	4	51	3	10	4.32	0.70, 26.67
Other cardiovascular disease	11	123	7	31	3.21	1.14, 9.02	9	114	6	20	4.80	1.38, 16.66
Respiratory disease	9	101	7	31	2.69	0.92, 7.88	9	114	3	10	8.96	1.94, 41.44
Gastrointestinal disease	5	56	3	13	3.14	0.66, 14.89	6	76	1	3	26.00	2.34, 288.45
Trauma	5	56	4	18	4.89	1.01, 23.57	7	88	20	68	1.74	0.65, 4.68
Miscellaneous causes	15	168	6	27	2.64	1.49, 4.70	42	531	25	85	4.76	2.78, 8.13
All causes	128	1435	99	439	2.78	2.08, 3.71	154	1947	144	489	3.43	2.61, 4.51

¹⁾ number of deaths, ²⁾ number of deaths per 10,000 population, ³⁾ age adjusted hazards ratio, ⁴⁾ 95% confidence interval.