Table 2 Age adjusted relative indices of inequality in 1960* and 1990 for cause‐specific mortality in 1990 to 2001 in men and women and both sexes, and interaction between sexes for the effect of 1960.
| Cause of death | Men | Women | Both sexes | p Value† | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths (n) | 1960 RII | 1990 RII | Deaths (n) | 1960 RII | 1990 RII | adjusted for age and sex, | |||||
| 1960 RII | |||||||||||
| Stomach cancer | 206 | 2.86 (1.70 to 4.83) | 1.56 (0.93 to 2.60) | 111 | 1.61 (0.81 to 3.19) | 1.05 (0.52 to 2.10) | 2.34 (1.54 to 3.54) | 0.161 | |||
| Cancer large bowel and rectum | 499 | 1.03 (0.75 to 1.42) | 1.30 (0.93 to 1.80) | 406 | 1.30 (0.94 to 1.91) | 1.39 (0.97 to 1.99) | 1.16 (0.92 to 1.47) | 0.306 | |||
| Cancer pancreas | 208 | 1.27 (0.77 to 2.08) | 1.17 (0.70 to 1.98) | 128 | 1.67 (0.88 to 3.15) | 1.22 (0.65 to 2.31) | 1.41 (0.95 to 2.08) | 0.492 | |||
| Lung cancer | 839 | 1.78 (1.39 to 2.29) | 2.30 (1.78 to 2.97) | 545 | 1.74 (1.28 to 2.37) | 1.43 (1.05 to 1.96) | 1.77 (1.46 to 2.15) | 0.837 | |||
| Breast cancer | – | – | – | 1137 | 0.91 (0.74 to 1.12) | 1.20 (0.97 to 1.50) | – | – | |||
| Cervical cancer | – | – | – | 263 | 2.04 (1.30 to 3.20) | 2.13 (1.32 to 3.44) | – | – | |||
| Ovarian cancer | – | – | – | 365 | 1.04 (0.72 to 1.51) | 1.21 (0.83 to 1.77) | – | – | |||
| Prostate cancer | 100 | 1.18 (0.58 to 2.40) | 2.38 (1.17 to 4.83) | – | – | – | – | ||||
| Malignant melanoma | 267 | 0.82 (0.53 to 1.26) | 0.80 (0.51 to 1.26) | 144 | 1.09 (0.60 to 1.98) | 1.19 (0.65 to 2.19) | 0.90 (0.64 to 1.28) | 0.449 | |||
| Psychiatric causes | 471 | 1.61 (1.15 to 2.25) | 22.20 (12.98 to 37.97) | 90 | 1.93 (0.89 to 4.16) | 10.95 (2.22 to 54.08) | 1.66 (1.22 to 2.25) | 0.675 | |||
| Alcohol related | 945 | 1.90 (1.50 to 2.42) | 10.41 (7.73 to 14.02) | 248 | 1.49 (0.95 to 2.36) | 12.42 (6.82 to 22.66) | 1.81 (1.47 to 2.23) | 0.362 | |||
| CHD | 2431 | 2.11 (1.81 to 2.44) | 2.96 (2.54 to 3.45) | 402 | 2.57 (1.78 to 3.72) | 3.56 (2.40 to 5.27) | 2.17 (1.89 to 2.49) | 0.331 | |||
| Thrombotic stroke | 73 | 0.72 (0.31 to 1.65) | 1.25 (0.52 to 3.03) | 25 | 1.63 (0.39 to 6.92) | 1.84 (0.43 to 7.92) | 0.89 (0.43 to 1.82) | 0.340 | |||
| Haemorrhagic stroke | 318 | 1.39 (0.93 to 2.09) | 3.14 (2.05 to 4.81) | 250 | 1.69 (1.07 to 2.67) | 2.90 (1.81 to 4.65) | 1.51 (1.12 to 2.05) | 0.537 | |||
| Aortic aneurysm | 108 | 1.21 (0.61 to 2.40) | 1.91 (0.94 to 3.88) | 15 | – | – | – | – | |||
| COPD | 154 | 2.18 (1.21 to 3.95) | 5.58 (2.82 to 11.04) | 163 | 2.99 (1.67 to 5.37) | 9.37 (4.72 to 18.60) | 2.56 (1.69 to 3.89) | 0.449 | |||
| Asthma | 44 | 1.37 (0.46 to 4.04) | 5.52 (1.60 to 19.03) | 64 | 2.11 (0.85 to 5.26) | 8.94 (3.06 to 26.10) | 1.75 (0.87 to 3.52) | 0.496 | |||
| Diabetes | 245 | 1.45 (0.91 to 2.29) | 7.72 (4.53 to 13.13) | 92 | 1.23 (0.58 to 2.59) | 6.44 (2.64 to 15.69) | 1.38 (0.93 to 2.04) | 0.727 | |||
| Suicide | 1044 | 1.01 (0.81 to 1.27) | 2.14 (1.69 to 2.71) | 402 | 0.64 (0.45 to 0.91) | 2.29 (1.54 to 3.40) | 0.89 (0.74 to 1.07) | 0.037 | |||
| Other violent | 1800 | 1.51 (1.28 to 1.79) | 2.76 (2.29 to 3.32) | 493 | 0.83 (0.61 to 1.14) | 2.37 (1.65 to 3.38) | 1.32 (1.14 to 1.54) | 0.002 | |||
| All causes | 13 588 | 1.48 (1.39 to 1.57) | 2.67 (2.50 to 2.86) | 7299 | 1.30 (1.19 to 1.41) | 2.20 (2.01 to 2.41) | 1.41 (1.34 to 1.48) | 0.021 | |||
Individuals aged 41 to 61 years at end of follow up.
*Farmers and missing occupation excluded from all analyses.
†Interaction between sexes for the effect of SEP 1960.
CHD, coronary heart disease; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; RII, relative indices of inequality.