Table 2.

Relative rates of mortality (95% confidence intervals) adjusted for age and socioeconomic position in adulthood, with number of deaths

Cause of death and adjustment	Fathers’ social class				P value for trend
	I and II	IIIN	IIIM	IV and V
All causes (n=1602)
Age	1	1.12 (0.89 to 1.40)	1.48 (1.25 to 1.75)	1.54 (1.29 to 1.82)	0.0001
Age and adult social class	1	1.06 (0.84 to 1.33)	1.28 (1.08 to 1.53)	1.26 (1.05 to 1.52)	0.011
Coronary heart disease (n=618)
Age	1	0.96 (0.65 to 1.40)	1.47 (1.13 to 1.92)	1.53 (1.16 to 2.01)	0.0003
Age and adult social class	1	0.91 (0.62 to 1.33)	1.28 (0.96 to 1.69)	1.26 (0.93 to 1.70)	0.064
Stroke (n=130)
Age	1	0.79 (0.31 to 1.97)	1.64 (0.91 to 2.98)	1.70 (0.92 to 3.15)	0.031
Age and adult social class	1	0.78 (0.31 to 1.96)	1.62 (0.87 to 3.02)	1.66 (0.86 to 3.24)	0.061
Lung cancer (n=185)
Age	1	1.49 (0.74 to 3.02)	2.13 (1.24 to 3.68)	1.80 (1.02 to 3.17)	0.045
Age and adult social class	1	1.35 (0.67 to 2.74)	1.62 (0.92 to 2.85)	1.24 (0.68 to 2.27)	0.75
Stomach cancer (n=50)
Age	1	1.06 (0.24 to 4.74)	1.51 (0.51 to 4.46)	2.95 (1.03 to 8.47)	0.011
Age and adult social class	1	1.06 (0.24 to 4.77)	1.51 (0.49 to 4.65)	2.95 (0.95 to 9.16)	0.017
Other cancers (n=272)
Age	1	1.49 (0.93 to 2.38)	1.27 (0.87 to 1.85)	1.05 (0.70 to 1.57)	0.78
Age and adult social class	1	1.45 (0.91 to 2.33)	1.18 (0.79 to 1.76)	0.95 (0.61 to 1.48)	0.46
Respiratory disease (n=105)
Age	1	1.65 (0.60 to 4.55)	2.41 (1.09 to 5.31)	2.75 (1.23 to 6.14)	0.008
Age and adult social class	1	1.52 (0.55 to 4.22)	1.97 (0.87 to 4.47)	2.10 (0.90 to 4.90)	0.092
Accidents and violence (n=51)
Age	1	0.52 (0.14 to 1.95)	0.84 (0.37 to 1.90)	1.15 (0.51 to 2.62)	0.47
Age and adult social class	1	0.43 (0.11 to 1.64)	0.50 (0.21 to 1.19)	0.58 (0.23 to 1.42)	0.42