Table 1.

Crude mortality rate (1990–1999) by level of education and occupational group among men and women

	Men			Women
	N	%	% deaths	N	%	% deaths
Total	104 109	100	7.8	109 765	100	3.3
Educational level
No diploma	21 340	20.9	13.1	24 224	22.1	5.5
Primary	20 758	20.3	10.8	29 221	26.6	3.8
Technical	35 674	33.0	5.7	30 935	28.2	2.3
Secondary	12 102	11.9	5.2	12 867	11.7	1.7
University	14 163	13.9	3.3	12 459	11.4	1.6
Occupational groups
Farmers	5 219	5.1	5.1	3 542	3.3	2.9
Shop keepers, craftmens	9 039	8.8	5.0	4 355	4.0	2.2
Professionals, managers	13 666	13.3	2.9	5 521	5.1	1.5
Intermediate white collars	17 391	16.9	3.7	13 088	12.1	1.4
Office, sales employees	7 670	7.5	4.9	26 493	24.5	1.6
Skilled manual workers	19 821	19.3	4.8	2 108	2.0	1.6
Unskilled manual workers	7 443	7.2	6.5	5 156	4.8	2.0
Retired	12 993	12.6	20.8	8 802	8.1	8.4
Other inactive	5 018	4.9	22.5	31 933	29.6	4.8
Unemployed jobseekers	4 627	4.5	13.0	7 037	6.5	2.9

Aged 30–64 years at the beginning of the census year