Table 3.

Age and employment grade–adjusted hazard ratios for all–cause mortality (1993–2007) for sickness absence spells >7 days (1990–1992) by diagnosis for 2969 women with ≥1 spell of sickness absence and 4908 men with ≥1 spell of sickness absence in the GAZEL cohort study, mutually adjusted for spells in all other diagnostic categories

Diagnosis	Women N =5,271			Men N =13,964
	N cases†	N deaths (in cases)	HR (95% CI)*	N cases†	N deaths (in cases)	HR (95% CI)*
Infectious and parasitic diseases	65	0		95	10	1.31 (0.89–1.93)
Neoplasm	285	17	1.78 (1.59–2.00)	147	41	2.05 (1.80–2.34)
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases	73	6	1.82 (1.21–2.73)	88	11	1.36 (0.91–2.05)
Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs	29	0		4	0
Mental disorders	733	29	1.24 (1.11–1.38)	540	69	1.35 (1.25–1.45)
Diseases of nervous system	42	3	1.53 (0.65–3.56)	57	8	1.23 (0.89–1.69)
Diseases of sense organs	88	4	1.01 (0.57–2.17)	155	15	1.31 (0.90–1.92)
Diseases of the circulatory system	249	6	0.66 (0.32–1.40)	488	49	1.35 (1.16–1.56)
Diseases of respiratory system	565	19	1.02 (0.73–1.42)	742	66	1.07 (0.92–1.25)
Diseases of the digestive system	282	9	0.82 (0.46–1.47)	540	42	1.29 (1.05–1.59)
Diseases of genitourinary system	419	12	0.97 (0.62–1.51)	223	13	1.09 (0.78–1.51)
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue	45	1	0.78 (0.13–4.87)	79	10	1.75 (1.31–2.34)
Diseases of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue	652	16	0.81 (0.60–1.11)	1254	99	1.05 (0.95–1.17)
External causes	394	12	1.25 (0.87–1.80)	1159	79	1.08 (0.91–1.27)
Other	369	9	0.95 (0.60–1.52)	267	26	1.07 (0.77–1.47)
Diagnosis missing	1013	26	0.86 (0.56–1.32)	1357	95	1.01 (0.81–1.26)

^†A case is a participant who has had at least one spell of absence >7 days for that diagnosis during the three-year exposure window. S/he may appear in more than one diagnostic category

^*The reference group for each diagnostic category is participants with no spell >7 days for that specific diagnosis