Table 2 Correlation coefficients of associations between work related, other psychosocial, socio‐economic, and behavioural variables and standardised midlife (45–64 years) male and female CV* mortality rates in 2001–2003 in 150 Hungarian sub‐regions (n = 150) (data weighted according to sample size in the sub‐regions).

	Male CV*	Male IHD†	Male cerebrovascular	Female CV*	Female IHD†	Female cerebrovascular diseases
Work related variables:
Control at work	−0.255***	−0.193*	−0.249**	−0.275**	−0.334***	−0.188*
Social support at work	−0.197*	−0.213**		−0.179*	−0.236**
Job security	−0.220**		−0.193*	−0.304***	−0.273**	−0.234**
Weekend work hours	0.344***	0.205*	0.350***	0.225**		0.200*
Week day work hours			0.182*
Shift work					0.171*
Significant further psychosocial variables:
Hostility	0.257**		0.278**	0.229**	0.211**	0.205**
Depression	0.352***	0.198*	0.364***.	0.331***	0.274**	0.280**
Anomie	0.340***	0.183*	0.333***	0.287***	0.225**	0.171*
Social support from parents				−0.222	−0.236**
Social support from friends	−0.372***	−0.285***	−0.363***	−0.345***	−0.360***	−0.287***
SE variables
Education	−0.599***	−0.385***	−0.592***	−0.527***	−0.409***	−0.460***
Subjective social status	−0.353***	−0.226**	−0.336***	−0.303***	−0.301***	−0.173*
Personal income	−0.512***	−0.372***	−0.474***	−0.402***	−0.369***	−0.324***
Unemployment rate	0.465***	0.296***	0.491***	0.378***	0.373***	0.271**
Behavioural variables:
Pack/year cigarettes	0.188*		0.162*	0.151*	0.153*
Non‐stop alcohol	0.288***	0.206*	0.283***	0.313***	0.276**	0.268**
Morning alcohol	0.266**	0.165*	0.287***	0.224**	0.229**	0.223**
Self blame because of alcohol	0.250**	0.189*	−0.228**			0.188
BMI	0.192*	NS	0.195*	0.205*	NS	0.241**

*CV, total cardiovascular mortality rates (ICD 10.I00–I99). †IHD, ischaemic heart disease mortality (ICD 10. I20–I25). *p<0.05; **p<0.01; ***p<0.001.