Table 3 Standardised mortality ratios (number of deaths) from selected causes according to causes for leaving employment.

Cause of death	Active (517) (95% CI)	Retired (755) (95% CI)	Medical reasons (269) (95% CI)	Other reasons (181) (95% CI)
All causes	1.12 (107) (0.92–1.35)	1.19 (265) (1.05–1.35)	1.39 (108) (1.14–1.68)	1.77 (50) (1.32–2.34)
All cancers	1.15 (35) (0.80–1.59)	1.40 (133) (1.18–1.66)	1.35 (46) (0.99–1.80)	1.81 (21) (1.12–2.77)
Oesophagus	1.15 (3) (0.24–3.37)	1.59 (9) (0.73–3.02)	2.83 (6) (1.03–6.16)	5.10 (4) (1.39–13.1)
Liver	2.25 (2) (0.27–8.11)	2.29 (12) (1.18–4.00)	1.05 (2) (0.13–3.78)	0
Lung	0.68 (5) (0.22–1.59)	1.53 (40) (1.09–2.08)	1.57 (15) (0.88–2.60)	2.47 (8) (1.06–4.87)
All cardiovascular diseases	0.95 (15) (0.53–1.57)	0.93 (53) (0.70–1.22)	1.49 (28) (0.99–2.15)	1.55 (9) (0.71–2.95)
Ischaemic heart diseases	0.99 (7) (0.40–2.05)	0.69 (16) (0.39–1.12)	1.14 (9) (0.52–2.16)	2.02 (5) (0.66–4.72)
Chronic liver diseases explicitly related to alcohol	1.03 (4) (0.28–2.64)	1.60 (9) (0.73–3.03)	1.39 (3) (0.29–4.05)	1.09 (1) (0.03–6.10)
Other chronic non‐malignant diseases of the liver	2.69 (9) (1.23–5.10)	0.65 (3) (0.13–1.90)	3.45 (6) (1.26–7.51)	4.48 (3) (0.93–13.2)
All infectious diseases	1.32 (4) (0.36–3.38)	1.81 (13) (0.96–3.10)	1.26 (3) (0.26–3.69)	6.13 (5) (1.99–14.3)
Alcohol related diseases	1.39 (28) (0.92–2.00)	1.62 (57) (1.23–2.10)	1.79 (24) (1.15–2.67)	2.50 (13) (1.33–4.28)