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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jul 27.
Published in final edited form as: J Epidemiol Community Health. 2008 Dec 16;63(3):197–202. doi: 10.1136/jech.2008.078923

Table 3.

Age-adjusted relative risks of mortality by cancer, cardiovascular diseases or external causes by level of education and occupational group in men and women

Cancer mortality Cardiovascular mortality Mortality by external causes Mortality by others causes

Men Women Men Women Men Women Men Women

RR 95% CI RR 95% CI RR 95% CI RR 95% CI RR 95% CI RR 95% CI RR 95% CI RR 95% CI

Educational level
 No diploma 2.78 2.37–3.26 1.38 1.12–1.70 2.72 2.17–3.41 4.31 2.51–7.42 3.60 2.69–4.81 2.10 1.37–3.22 2.70 2.25–3.23 2.95 2.12–4.09
 Primary 2.25 1.92–2.64 1.15 0.94–1.42 2.14 1.70–2.68 2.71 1.57–4.67 2.79 2.07–3.76 1.57 1.02–2.42 1.76 1.46–2.12 1.53 1.09–2.14
 Technical 2.01 1.71–2.36 1.06 0.86–1.31 1.59 1.26–2.00 2.13 1.22–3.73 2.15 1.61–2.87 1.07 0.69–1.66 1.31 1.09–1.58 1.31 0.93–1.85
 Secondary 1.64 1.36–1.97 0.88 0.68–1.14 1.32 1.00–1.74 1.44 0.75–2.76 1.84 1.31–2.58 0.94 0.55–1.61 1.06 0.84–1.34 0.97 0.64–1.47
 University 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
RII 2.47 2.17–2.81 1.63 1.35–1.96 3.08 2.54–3.74 4.63 3.26–6.56 3.40 2.67–4.33 2.95 1.98–4.41 3.68 3.10–4.36 4.51 3.42–5.93
Occupational groups
Farmers 1.11 0.87–1.41 1.02 0.71–1.46 1.80 1.28–2.53 1.98 0.70–5.64 2.09 1.42–3.07 2.74 1.16–6.49 1.39 0.98–1.96 1.78 0.78–4.07
Shop keepers, craftmens 1.43 1.17–1.75 0.88 0.61–1.28 1.86 1.37–2.54 2.91 1.06–7.94 1.69 1.19–2.40 1.53 0.60–3.88 1.46 1.09–1.97 1.96 0.87–4.40
Professionals, managers 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Intermediate white collars 1.37 1.14–1.65 0.76 0.55–1.04 1.59 1.19–2.14 0.89 0.31–2.61 1.28 0.93–1.76 1.38 0.62–3.05 1.24 0.95–1.63 1.84 0.89–3.81
Office, sales employees 1.85 1.50–2.29 0.82 0.62–1.09 2.18 1.56–3.04 1.98 0.79–4.96 1.79 1.25–2.56 1.38 0.66–2.91 2.16 1.61–2.89 2.08 1.05–4.12
Skilled manual workers 1.92 1.61–2.28 0.70 0.41–1.20 2.00 1.51–2.65 3.38 1.07–10.7 1.83 1.36–2.46 1.30 0.39–4.32 1.65 1.27–2.12 1.39 0.47–4.15
Unskilled manual workers 2.43 1.99–2.96 0.85 0.58–1.23 2.07 1.47–2.89 2.40 0.84–6.80 2.94 2.13–4.07 2.01 0.85–4.74 2.66 2.01–3.52 3.25 1.53–6.89
Retired 3.20 2.71–3.78 1.36 1.02–1.82 3.65 2.80–4.75 5.25 2.13–12.9 3.54 2.51–4.99 3.97 1.83–8.65 5.66 4.44–7.21 6.42 3.25–12.7
Other inactive 3.89 3.25–4.64 1.28 0.98–1.68 5.47 4.16–7.20 5.31 2.18–12.9 5.60 4.03–7.78 2.68 1.31–5.50 9.27 7.27–11.8 5.74 2.95–11.1
Unemployed jobseekers 3.71 3.05–4.51 1.15 0.83–1.59 3.29 2.37–4.56 3.94 1.51–10.2 4.52 3.25–6.28 3.96 1.85–8.47 7.79 6.06–10.0 4.64 2.29–9.40
RII 4.53 3.94–5.21 2.09 1.71–2.56 4.50 3.65–5.54 5.84 3.94–8.65 5.45 4.21–7.06 3.79 2.43–5.90 14.6 11.9–17.9 6.73 4.92–9.20

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

RII = Relative inequality index