Table 5.
Cause specific mortality rates (per 1000 person years) in the intervention and control groups by faecal occult blood testing
| Intervention group | ||||
| Person years of observation | Tested* (478 662) | Not tested† (365 757) | Total (844 419) | Control group (843 463) |
| Cause of death | ||||
| Neoplasms (other) | 2799 (5.85) | 2640 (7.22) | 5439 (6.44) | 5405 (6.41) |
| Respiratatory disease (incl. pulmonary disease) | 1164 (2.43) | 1448 (3.96) | 2612 (3.09) | 2648 (3.14) |
| Digestive system disease | 265 (0.55) | 338 (0.92) | 603 (0.71) | 624 (0.74) |
| Colorectal cancer | 261 (0.55) | 297 (0.81) | 558 (0.66) | 626 (0.74) |
| Ischaemic heart disease | 2563 (5.35) | 2430 (6.64) | 4993 (5.91) | 4956 (5.88) |
| Other heart disease | 387 (0.81) | 429 (1.17) | 816 (0.97) | 760 (0.90) |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 769 (1.61) | 867 (2.37) | 1636 (1.94) | 1656 (1.96) |
| Peripheral vascular disease | 740 (1.55) | 802 (2.19) | 1542 (1.83) | 1471 (1.74) |
| Suicide | 35 (0.07) | 28 (0.08) | 63 (0.07) | 63 (0.07) |
| All other causes | 1026 (2.14) | 1133 (3.10) | 2159 (2.56) | 2127 (2.57) |
*Responded to at least one screening round.
†Did not respond to any screening round.