TABLE 6.

Mortality from cancer by sociodemographic characteristics for non-Hispanic White and non-Hispanic Black adults aged 25 years or older in the 1986–2000 NHIS^* Linked Mortality Files^†

	Public use (deaths = 28,709)		Restricted use (deaths = 28,679)
	Hazard ratio‡	95% confidence interval	Hazard ratio‡	95% confidence interval
Age in years	1.07	1.07, 1.07	1.08	1.07, 1.08
Sex
Women	1.00		1.00
Men	1.57	1.53, 1.62	1.59	1.55, 1.63
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White	1.00		1.00
Non-Hispanic Black	1.17	1.13, 1.22	1.18	1.13, 1.22
Marital status
Married	1.00		1.00
Widowed	0.86	0.83, 0.90	0.87	0.84, 0.91
Divorced/separated	1.29	1.24, 1.35	1.29	1.23, 1.35
Never married	0.92	0.87, 0.98	0.94	0.89, 0.99
Educational level
Less than high school	1.36	1.31, 1.41	1.37	1.32, 1.42
High school/GED*	1.24	1.20, 1.29	1.24	1.20, 1.29
More than high school	1.00		1.00
Region
Northeast	1.08	1.04, 1.13	1.08	1.04, 1.13
Midwest	1.04	1.00, 1.09	1.05	1.00, 1.09
South	1.09	1.05, 1.14	1.09	1.05, 1.14
West	1.00		1.00

^*NHIS, National Health Interview Survey (n = 802,387); 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.