Table 2 Causes and numbers of death and age‐adjusted mortality/100 000 person‐years according to parity.
| Mortality | Final parity | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2–4 | 5–9 | ⩾10 | Total | |
| Person‐years | 24 509 | 267 514 | 97 202 | 18 451 | 407 676 |
| All deaths, n | 69 | 549 | 366 | 91 | 1075 |
| Rate | 350 | 225 | 297 | 322 | 264 |
| Cardiovascular disease | |||||
| Deaths, n | 3 | 84 | 97 | 26 | 210 |
| Rate | 21 | 37 | 75 | 91 | 52 |
| Cerebral infarction | |||||
| Deaths, n | 6 | 36 | 32 | 7 | 81 |
| Rate | 11 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 20 |
| Haemorrhagic stroke | |||||
| Deaths, n | 2 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 31 |
| Rate | 20 | 14 | 32 | 39 | 8 |
| Malignant disease total | |||||
| Deaths all, n | 22 | 228 | 137 | 32 | 419 |
| Rate | 120 | 94 | 107 | 118 | 103 |
| Breast cancer | |||||
| Deaths, n | 8 | 50 | 21 | 4 | 83 |
| Rate | 45 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 20 |
| Gynaecological cancer | |||||
| Deaths, n | 3 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 47 |
| Rate | 18 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 12 |
| Colorectal cancer | |||||
| Deaths, n | 1 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 34 |
| Rate | 7 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 8 |
| Gastric cancer | |||||
| Deaths, n | 0 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 28 |
| Rate | 0 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 7 |
| Other digestive tract cancer* | |||||
| Deaths, n | 4 | 30 | 25 | 9 | 68 |
| Rate | 23 | 12 | 19 | 30 | 17 |
| Other tumours | |||||
| Deaths, n | 6 | 82 | 62 | 9 | 159 |
| Rate | 27 | 34 | 49 | 35 | 39 |
| Accidents | |||||
| Deaths, n | 19 | 83 | 29 | 2 | 133 |
| Rate | 82 | 32 | 29 | 6 | 33 |
| Suicides | |||||
| Deaths, n | 6 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 47 |
| Rate | 24 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| Other cause | |||||
| Deaths, n | 15 | 82 | 53 | 20 | 170 |
| Rate | 82 | 34 | 42 | 64 | 42 |
| Unknown cause | |||||
| Deaths, n | 2 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 31 |
| Rate | 8 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
*Including oesophageal, liver, gall bladder and pancreatic cancer.