Table 2.

Age-adjusted mortality rates and mortality rate ratios in the public housing, low-income, and higher-income populations in New York City, 1989–1991 and 1999–2001

Causea	MRsb in the public housing census blocks		MRsb in the low-income census blocks		MRsb in the higher-income census blocks		MRRsc of public housing/higher-income		MRRsc of low-income/higher-income		MRRsc of public housing/low-income
	1989–1991	1999–2001	1989–1991	1999–2001	1989–1991	1999–2001	1989–1991	1999–2001	1989–1991	1999–2001	1989–1991	1999–2001
All	1,468	1,234	1,211	870	826	643	1.78	1.92	1.47	1.35	1.21	1.42
Cardiovascular disease	522	458	477	349	381	307	1.37	1.49	1.25	1.14	1.09	1.31
Malignancies	251	271	209	183	180	158	1.39	1.72	1.16	1.16	1.20	1.48
Breastd	39	41	26	26	32	25	1.22c	1.64	0.81	1.04c	1.50	1.58
Colon	25	33	29	20	23	19	1.08c	1.74	1.26	1.05c	0.86c	1.65
Lung	53	64	45	42	42	36	1.26	1.78	1.07c	1.17	1.18c	1.52
Prostated	45	70	32	36	30	26	1.50	2.69	1.07c	1.38	1.41c	1.94
HIV/AIDS	142	83	89	52	46	13	3.09	6.38	1.93	4.00	1.60	1.60
Diabetes	29	56	23	36	10	17	2.90	3.29	2.30	2.12	1.26c	1.56
Influenza and pneumonia	73	47	56	31	34	24	2.15	1.96	1.65	1.29	1.30	1.52
Chronic lower respiratory disease	35	43	24	26	18	18	1.94	2.39	1.33	1.44	1.46	1.65
Drug-related	35	29	22	20	6	7	5.83	4.14	3.67	2.86	1.59	1.45
Homicide	59	23	56	15	16	5	3.69	4.60	3.50	3.00	1.05c	1.53
Liver disease	31	21	29	16	10	5	3.10	4.20	2.90	3.20	1.07c	1.31c
External causes	26	19	26	18	18	12	1.44	1.58	1.44	1.50	1.00c	1.06c
Renal disease	22	20	10	16	8	9	2.75	2.22	1.25c	1.78	2.20	1.25c
Septicemia	28	18	17	11	7	6	4.00	3.00	2.43	1.83	1.65	1.64
Other	215	145	173	97	92	62	2.34	2.34	1.88	1.56	1.24	1.49

^aCauses are ranked by the 1999–2001 MRs in the public housing population

^bAll MRs are per 100,000 persons and rounded to the nearest whole number

^cMRR is not statistically significantly from 1.00; all other MRRs are significantly different from 1

^dMRs and MRRs are sex-specific