Table 3.
Mortality 1958-95 associated with 1000 g increase in birth weight by cause of death for all traced singleton live births delivered at Uppsala Academic Hospital, 1915-29
| Cause of death | ICD-9 code | Men
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Women
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No of deaths | Rate ratio* (95% CI) | No of deaths | Rate ratio* (95% CI) | |||
| All causes | 0-999 | 2069 | 0.92 (0.84 to 1.00) | 1129 | 0.95 (0.84 to 1.07) | |
| All neoplasms | 140-208; 238.4; 289.8 | 599 | 1.13 (0.96 to 1.33) | 480 | 1.04 (0.87 to 1.24) | |
| Circulatory disease: | 390-459 | 938 | 0.80 (0.71 to 0.91) | 375 | 0.85 (0.70 to 1.05) | |
| Ischaemic heart disease | 410-414 | 679 | 0.77 (0.67 to 0.90) | 187 | 0.83 (0.62 to 1.10) | |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 430-438 | 113 | 0.71 (0.49 to 1.03) | 105 | 0.84 (0.57 to 1.24) | |
| Respiratory disease | 460-519 | 89 | 1.25 (0.83 to 1.90) | 44 | 1.25 (0.69 to 2.27) | |
| Accidents and violence | 800-999 | 178 | 0.98 (0.74 to 1.32) | 73 | 0.89 (0.57 to 1.41) | |
| Other causes | Remainder | 265 | 0.79 (0.63 to 1.01) | 157 | 0.88 (0.64 to 1.20) | |
*
Adjusted for period of birth as a three-level categorical variable (1915-9, 1920-4, 1925-9).