Table 3.

Absolute difference in incidence rates per thousand person years for all-cause and coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality in 5-year time periods comparing manual versus non-manual social classes in 7735 British Men followed-up from 1978-80 till 2005

Age (years)	0-5 years 1978-80 to 1983-85	5-10 years 1983-85 to 1988-1990	10-15 years 1988-90 to 1993-95	15-20 years 1993-95 to 1998-2000	20-25 years 1998-2000 to 2003-05	Overall for each baseline age group
40-44
All-cause	0.88					3.53
CHD	0.35					1.27
45-49
All-cause	2.54	3.10				5.81
CHD	2.19	0.78				2.94
50-54
All-cause	0.68	4.09	2.70			8.63
CHD	−0.46	3.33	1.70			2.46
55-59
All-cause	6.99	5.06	5.45	7.49		8.97
CHD	3.96	2.29	1.93	2.44		2.47
60-64
All-cause		12.66	12.23	7.92	4.12
CHD		1.03	3.08	3.28	1.18
65-69
All-cause			6.80	15.96	12.26
CHD			4.10	2.63	5.10
70-74
All-cause				17.22	19.00
CHD				3.60	7.65
75-79
All-cause					10.49
CHD					0.76
Overall for each calendar period
All-cause	3.06	6.59	7.19	12.10	11.48
CHD	1.65	2.01	2.76	3.08	3.92