TABLE 4.

All-cause mortality by sociodemographic characteristics for men and women aged 25 years or older in the 1986–2000 NHIS^* Linked Mortality Files^†

	Men (deaths = 57,218)				Women (deaths = 57,046)
	Public use		Restricted use		Public use		Restricted use
	Hazard ratio‡	95% confidence interval	Hazard ratio‡	95% confidence interval	Hazard ratio‡	95% confidence interval	Hazard ratio‡	95% confidence interval
Age in years	1.09	1.09, 1.09	1.09	1.09, 1.09	1.09	1.09, 1.09	1.09	1.09, 1.09
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
Non-Hispanic Black	1.16	1.12, 1.20	1.16	1.12, 1.20	1.15	1.11, 1.18	1.15	1.11, 1.18
Hispanic	0.90	0.86, 0.95	0.90	0.86, 0.95	0.88	0.85, 0.92	0.89	0.85, 0.92
Marital status
Married	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
Widowed	1.18	1.14, 1.22	1.18	1.14, 1.22	1.25	1.22, 1.28	1.25	1.22, 1.28
Divorced/separated	1.45	1.40, 1.50	1.45	1.40, 1.50	1.35	1.30, 1.39	1.35	1.30, 1.39
Never married	1.57	1.51, 1.63	1.57	1.51, 1.64	1.38	1.33, 1.44	1.38	1.33, 1.44
Educational level
Less than high school	1.76	1.71, 1.80	1.76	1.71, 1.80	1.55	1.50, 1.60	1.55	1.50, 1.60
High school/GED*	1.46	1.42, 1.51	1.46	1.42, 1.51	1.30	1.26, 1.35	1.30	1.26, 1.35
Some college	1.34	1.29, 1.38	1.34	1.29, 1.38	1.19	1.14, 1.23	1.19	1.14, 1.23
College degree or more	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
Region
Northeast	1.01	0.98, 1.04	1.01	0.98, 1.04	0.94	0.91, 0.98	0.94	0.91, 0.98
Midwest	0.99	0.96, 1.03	0.99	0.96, 1.03	0.98	0.94, 1.01	0.98	0.95, 1.01
South	1.10	1.06, 1.13	1.10	1.06, 1.13	1.01	0.97, 1.04	1.01	0.97, 1.04
West	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00

^*NHIS, National Health Interview Survey (n = 897,232); GED, general equivalency diploma (a certificate representing the equivalent of a high-school diploma).

^†Mortality follow-up was through December 31, 2002.

^‡Estimated from a Cox proportional hazards model.