TABLE 5.
All-cause mortality by sociodemographic characteristics for non-Hispanic White, non-Hispanic Black, and Hispanic adults aged 25 years or older in the 1986–2000 NHIS* Linked Mortality Files†
| Non-Hispanic Whites (deaths = 91,426) |
Non-Hispanic Blacks (deaths = 16,575) |
Hispanics (deaths = 6,263) |
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| Hazard ratio‡ | 95% confidence interval | Hazard ratio‡ | 95% confidence interval | 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 | 1.07 | 1.07, 1.07 | 1.07 | 1.07, 1.07 | 1.07 | 1.07, 1.07 | 1.07 | 1.07, 1.07 |
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| Women | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||
| Men | 1.70 | 1.68, 1.73 | 1.70 | 1.68, 1.73 | 1.66 | 1.60, 1.73 | 1.66 | 1.60, 1.73 | 1.61 | 1.52, 1.71 | 1.61 | 1.52, 1.71 |
| Marital status | ||||||||||||
| Married | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||
| Widowed | 1.22 | 1.20, 1.24 | 1.22 | 1.20, 1.25 | 1.21 | 1.15, 1.28 | 1.21 | 1.15, 1.28 | 1.22 | 1.12, 1.33 | 1.22 | 1.12, 1.32 |
| Divorced/separated | 1.46 | 1.42, 1.50 | 1.46 | 1.42, 1.50 | 1.26 | 1.19, 1.33 | 1.26 | 1.19, 1.33 | 1.15 | 1.05, 1.27 | 1.15 | 1.04, 1.27 |
| Never married | 1.44 | 1.39, 1.49 | 1.44 | 1.39, 1.49 | 1.50 | 1.41, 1.59 | 1.50 | 1.41, 1.59 | 1.28 | 1.13, 1.44 | 1.28 | 1.13, 1.44 |
| Educational level | ||||||||||||
| Less than high school | 1.67 | 1.63, 1.71 | 1.67 | 1.63, 1.71 | 1.68 | 1.56, 1.81 | 1.67 | 1.55, 1.80 | 1.65 | 1.48, 1.84 | 1.65 | 1.48, 1.85 |
| High school/GED* | 1.39 | 1.36, 1.43 | 1.39 | 1.36, 1.43 | 1.42 | 1.31, 1.53 | 1.42 | 1.31, 1.53 | 1.31 | 1.16, 1.47 | 1.31 | 1.16, 1.48 |
| Some college | 1.27 | 1.23, 1.30 | 1.27 | 1.23, 1.30 | 1.27 | 1.17, 1.39 | 1.27 | 1.17, 1.39 | 1.24 | 1.10, 1.41 | 1.24 | 1.09, 1.41 |
| College degree or more | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||
| Region | ||||||||||||
| Northeast | 0.98 | 0.95, 1.00 | 0.98 | 0.95, 1.01 | 0.99 | 0.90, 1.09 | 1.00 | 0.91, 1.10 | 0.96 | 0.88, 1.04 | 0.96 | 0.88, 1.04 |
| Midwest | 0.99 | 0.96, 1.01 | 0.99 | 0.96, 1.01 | 1.06 | 0.98, 1.15 | 1.07 | 0.98, 1.16 | 0.90 | 0.81, 1.00 | 0.90 | 0.81, 1.01 |
| South | 1.05 | 1.02, 1.08 | 1.05 | 1.02, 1.08 | 1.09 | 1.01, 1.18 | 1.09 | 1.01, 1.18 | 1.11 | 1.03, 1.18 | 1.11 | 1.04, 1.18 |
| West | 1.00 | 1.00 | 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.