Table 2.

Strength of relation between poverty in 1896 (Booth index) and 1991 (modern index) and standardised mortality ratios for all ages for deaths in 1991-5

	Correlation of Booth index and mortality			Partial correlation of Booth index and mortality (controlling for modern index)			Correlation of modern index and mortality			Partial correlation of modern index and mortality (controlling for Booth index)
	r value	P value		r value	P value		r value	P value		r value	P value
All causes	0.56	<0.001		0.22	0.012		0.60	<0.001		0.35	<0.001
Coronary heart disease	0.58	<0.001		0.21	0.015		0.65	<0.001		0.41	<0.001
Stroke	0.40	<0.001		0.22	0.013		0.36	<0.001		0.11	0.20
All cardiovascular disease	0.56	<0.001		0.20	0.023		0.61	<0.001		0.37	<0.001
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	0.58	<0.001		0.24	0.005		0.61	<0.001		0.35	<0.001
Pneumonia	0.26	0.002		0.07	0.45		0.30	<0.001		0.17	0.055
Lung cancer	0.61	<0.001		0.30	0.001		0.62	<0.001		0.33	<0.001
Stomach cancer	0.49	<0.001		0.24	0.007		0.47	<0.001		0.20	0.020
Accidents and suicide	0.05	0.56		−0.14	0.10		0.21	0.012		0.24	0.005