Table 5 Results of multi‐variable linear regression analysis of education, personal income, unemployment rate, smoking, and alcohol misuse in explaining differences in midlife (45–64 years) male and female total CV*, IHD†, cerebrovascular and other heart disease mortality (those variables that entered into the models).

	Standardised β	t Value	Significance	Adjusted R2 for the final model
Total male CV* mortality
Income	−0.301	−2.87	<0.005	0.257
Non‐stop drinking	0.192	2.77	<0.006	0.297
Education	−0.237	−2.23	<0.027	0.316
Total female CV* mortality
Education	−0.415	−5.74	<0.000	0.209
Non‐stop drinking	0.226	3.18	<0.002	0.253
Male IHD† mortality
Income	−0.348	−4.55	<0.000	0.132
Non‐stop drinking	0.153	2.00	<0.047	0.149
Female IHD† mortality
Education	−0.219	− 2.30	<0.023	0.142
Non‐stop alcohol	0.193	2.56	<0.011	0.177
Unemployment	0.199	2.14	<0.037	0.196
Male cerebrovascular mortality
Education	−0.289	−2.68	<0.001	0.245
Unemployment rate	0.277	2.60	<0.002	0.292
Non‐stop drinking	0.170	2.45	<0.015	0.315
Female cerebrovascular mortality
Education	−0.349	− 4.60	<0.000	0.146
Non‐stop drinking	0.195	2.60	<0.011	0.177

*CV, total cardiovascular mortality rates (ICD 10.I00–I99). †IHD, ischaemic heart disease mortality (ICD 10. I20–I25).