Table 3.

Hazard ratios for all cause mortality by levels of sickness absence and health indicators among civil servants in a multivariate model. Adjusted for age, grade, and predictors shown in table

	Men (n=5894)		Women (n=2610)
	No of deaths	Hazard ratio (95% CI)	No of deaths	Hazard ratio (95% CI)
Medically certified sickness absence* (spells per 10 years):
0	75	1.00	12	1.00
>0 to 2	29	1.29 (0.84 to 1.99)	11	1.78 (0.78 to 4.05)
>2 to 5	39	1.96 (1.32 to 2.92)	18	1.96 (0.93 to 4.12)
>5	51	4.74 (3.18 to 7.07)	34	3.14 (1.56 to 6.29)
Self rated health status:
Very good or good	133	1.00	39	1.00
Average or worse	61	1.17 (0.85 to 1.63)	36	1.14 (0.69 to 1.85)
Longstanding illness, disability, or infirmity:
No	112	1.00	38	1.00
Yes	82	0.95 (0.70 to 1.29)	37	1.45 (0.89 to 2.34)
Physical illness indicator†:
No	157	1.00	62	1.00
Yes	37	1.46 (1.01 to 2.11)	13	1.18 (0.64 to 2.20)

^*P for linear trend ≤0.001 in men and women.

^†Diabetes, diagnosed heart disease, hypertension, abnormalities on electrocardiogram, respiratory illness.