Table.
Socioeconomic distributions in 1971 and hazard ratios for all cause mortality 1971-97, for first, second, and third generations of Irish people living in England and Wales (1971 Office for National Statistics Longitudinal Study cohort)
| No | Socioeconomic circumstances†
|
Mortality
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Access to cars (%)
|
Housing tenure (%)
|
Adjusted for age (hazard ratio 95% CI) | Deaths | Adjusted for age, housing, access to cars (hazard ratio 95% CI) | ||||||
| Yes | No | Owner occupied | Renting | |||||||
| Males | ||||||||||
| Other | 171 533 | 65 | 32 | 51 | 47 | 1.00 | 24 829 | 1.00 | ||
| First generation born Northern Ireland | 735 | 50 | 45 | 38 | 57 | 1.27* (1.11 to 1.47) | 195 | 1.17* (1.02 to 1.35) | ||
| First generation born Irish Republic | 2 052 | 41 | 54 | 38 | 58 | 1.13* (1.04 to 1.23) | 556 | 1.02 (0.93 to 1.11) | ||
| Second generation Irish | 4 564 | 50 | 47 | 41 | 57 | 1.29* (1.18 to 1.41) | 503 | 1.23* (1.13 to 1.34) | ||
| Third generation Irish | 2 513 | 61 | 39 | 48 | 51 | 1.31* (1.06 to 1.63) | 86 | 1.26* (1.02 to 1.56) | ||
| Females | ||||||||||
| Other | 166 861 | 64 | 34 | 51 | 47 | 1.00 | 16 110 | 1.00 | ||
| First generation born Northern Ireland | 726 | 53 | 44 | 44 | 53 | 1.25* (1.04 to 1.49) | 125 | 1.19 (0.99 to 1.41) | ||
| First generation born Irish Republic | 2 224 | 45 | 51 | 42 | 53 | 1.14* (1.03 to 1.26) | 386 | 1.05 (0.95 to 1.16) | ||
| Second generation Irish | 4 420 | 49 | 49 | 44 | 54 | 1.21* (1.09 to 1.36) | 314 | 1.17* (1.05 to 1.31) | ||
| Third generation Irish | 2 384 | 61 | 39 | 48 | 52 | 1.55* (1.17 to 2.05) | 50 | 1.49* (1.13 to 1.97) | ||
†
Cell percentages for housing tenure and car access do not add to 100% as non-private households are not shown.
*
P<0.05.