Table 3.

Slope index of inequality (SII) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for education and mortality rate by age group, gender and causes of death

	45-59			60-74			75+
Cause of death	MR1	SII1	95% CI	MR	SII	95% CI	MR	SII	95% CI
Men
All deaths	699	699	600 - 788	2356	1724	1485 - 1944	9878	4284	3374 - 5108
All cancers	322	278	201 - 341	1035	572	407 - 724	2363	629	179 - 1054
Lung cancer	90	74	30 - 107	272	138	53 - 216	353	17	-145 - 177
UADT cancers	99	131	100 - 152	164	185	135 - 229	167	165	59 - 246
Colorectal cancer	17	2	-16 - 20	85	40	-9 - 85	288	116	-35 - 262
Prostate cancer	4	0	-9 - 9	66	1	-39 - 41	494	152	-54 - 359
CVD	119	138	98 - 169	635	439	318 - 564	3604	1340	778 - 1854
IHD	48	44	16 - 67	253	84	0 - 163*	995	182	-113 - 469
Cerebrovascular diseases	25	19	-1 - 36	131	123	74 - 174	920	290	12 - 561
Non cancer-non CVD	258	281	222 - 333	687	698	569 - 799	3911	2330	1755 - 2821
Women
All deaths	278	227	156 - 291	957	753	620 - 885	6899	2582	2011 - 3108
All cancers	143	63	10 - 117	403	145	45 - 238	1087	69	-156 - 280
Lung cancer	12	-4	-17 - 11	28	-6	-30 - 21	56	-8	-50 - 40
UADT cancers	9	12	0 - 17*	10	13	-1 - 19	29	-1	-34 - 34
Colorectal cancer	13	18	2 - 25	49	11	-25 - 46	178	-31	-112 - 57
Breast cancer	45	9	-22 - 37	86	17	-27 - 61	154	35	-48 - 121
CVD	33	42	22 - 55	237	257	198 - 309	2867	1168	812 - 1500
IHD	6	7	-4 - 12	70	65	28 - 96	625	228	65 - 393
Cerebrovascular diseases	10	14	2 - 19	67	65	32 - 94	801	413	227 - 591
Non cancer-non CVD	102	115	75 - 145	317	335	255 - 394	2945	1353	996 - 1701

1: per 100000 person-years

MR: age-adjusted mortality rate, UADT: upper aerodigestive tract groups the cancers of the larynx, oral cavity, pharynx and oesophagus, CVD: cardiovascular diseases, IHD: ischemic heart disease

*. 0 included in the CI