Table 2.
Standardized mortality ratios (adjusted for age, sex, and race) by socioeconomic status in the Age 28 cohort of the Pittsburgh EDC Study.
| Deaths | Median FUT (yrs) |
Total FUT (person-yrs) |
SMR | 95% CI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 34 | 16.3 | 4903.3 | 4.1 | (2.7, 5.5) |
| Income | |||||
| All Others | 32 | 16.6 | 4019.0 | 4.7 | (3.1, 6.3) |
| Highest | 2 | 15.6 | 884.3 | 1.4 | (0.0, 3.3) |
| Education | |||||
| <College Graduate | 29 | 17.1 | 1781.4 | 5.3 | (3.4, 7.3) |
| ≥College Graduate | 5 | 15.3 | 3121.9 | 1.8 | (0.2, 3.3) |
| Occupation | |||||
| Non-Professional | 23 | 16.4 | 2141.6 | 4.7 | (2.8, 6.7) |
| Professional | 11 | 15.9 | 2761.7 | 3.2 | (1.3, 5.1) |
Abbreviations: FUT, follow-up time (person-yrs), SMR, standardized mortality ratio