Table 2.

Numbers of Expected and Observed Deaths and Standardized Mortality Ratios in a Prisoner Cohort and Its Demographic Subgroups, Georgia, 1991–2006^a

	In Prison				Out of Prison				Overall
	Obs	Exp	SMR	95% CI	Obs	Exp	SMR	95% CI	Obs	Exp	SMR	95% CI
Total	406	475	0.85	0.77, 0.94	2,244	1,453	1.54	1.48, 1.61	2,650	1,851	1.43	1.38, 1.49
Sex
Male	397	466	0.85	0.77, 0.94	2,121	1,405	1.51	1.45, 1.58	1,795	2,518	1.40	1.35, 1.46
Female	9	9	1.03	0.47, 1.95	123	48	2.56	2.13, 3.06	132	56	2.36	1.97, 2.79
Race
Black	221	329	0.67	0.59, 0.77	1,388	1,049	1.32	1.25, 1.40	1,609	1,332	1.21	1.15, 1.27
Nonblack	185	146	1.27	1.09, 1.47	856	404	2.12	1.98, 2.26	1,041	519	2.01	1.89, 2.13
Age group, years
<65	373	446	0.84	0.75, 0.93	2,183	1,357	1.61	1.54, 1.68	2,556	1,758	1.45	1.40, 1.51
≥65	33	29	1.13	0.78, 1.58	61	96	0.63	0.48, 0.81	94	93	1.01	0.82, 1.24
Educational level
Less than high school diploma	234	278	0.84	0.74, 0.96	1,310	878	1.49	1.41, 1.57	1,544	1,102	1.40	1.33, 1.47
High school diploma or more	149	178	0.84	0.71, 0.98	821	511	1.61	1.50, 1.72	970	668	1.45	1.36, 1.55

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; Exp, expected no. of deaths; Obs, observed no. of deaths; SMR, standardized mortality ratio.

^aBecause of rounding and missing values, numbers of expected deaths may not add up to totals.