Table 3.
Multivariate analysis of factors associated with mortality from selected causes of death at ages 15–64 for males and females at the regional level, Belarus 1997–2007. (Panel regression model with fixed effects)
| Dependent variable (SDR per 100,000 population) |
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| Diseases of the circulatory system |
External causes |
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| Independent variables | All causes | All | Heart diseases | Cerebrovascular diseases | All | Suicide | Homicide |
| Males | |||||||
| Unemployment | 25.8** (9.1) | 14.2** (4.1) | 9.7** (3.4) | 4.1*** (0.7) | 4.6 (3.0) | 2.8** (0.8) | 0.9 (0.5) |
| Poverty | 0.4 (0.4) | –0.3 (0.2) | –0.4 (0.2) | 0.1* (0.1) | 0.7*** (0.2) | 0.3*** (0.0) | 0.1*** (0.0) |
| Alcohol | 5.0*** (0.7) | 1.6** (0.4) | 1.3** (0.4) | 0.2** (0.1) | 2.3*** (0.2) | 0.3*** (0.1) | 0.1** (0.0) |
| Physicians | –1.8 (1.8) | –1.0 (1.0) | –0.7 (0.8) | –0.3 (0.2) | X | X | X |
| Constant | 687.8 | 284.4 | 216.2 | 63.1 | 145.2 | 28.1 | 3.7 |
| F | 103.73 | 29.84 | 38.54 | 198.53 | 133.83 | 24.84 | 49.04 |
| Prob > F | 0.0000 | 0.0004 | 0.0002 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0009 | 0.0001 |
| Within R2 | 0.5701 | 0.4063 | 0.3661 | 0.5553 | 0.5031 | 0.5664 | 0.5360 |
| Females | |||||||
| Unemployment | 9.4*** (2.0) | 6.8*** (1.3) | 4.0*** (1.0) | 2.6*** (0.6) | 1.4** (0.5) | 0.4 (0.2) | 0.4 (0.3) |
| Poverty | 0.4** (0.1) | 0.3** (0.1) | 0.1** (0.0) | 0.2*** (0.0) | 0.1*** (0.0) | 0.03** (0.0) | 0.1*** (0.0) |
| Alcohol | 1.5*** (0.2) | 0.6*** (0.1) | 0.5*** (0.1) | 0.1 (0.0) | 0.7*** (0.1) | 0.05* (0.0) | 0.1*** (0.0) |
| Physicians | –0.2 (0.4) | –0.2 (0.3) | –0.1 (0.2) | –0.1 (0.1) | X | X | X |
| Constant | 189.6 | 70.2 | 41.2 | 25.2 | 22.9 | 3.8 | 0.8 |
| F | 20.69 | 27.42 | 24.19 | 78.78 | 38.50 | 16.99 | 46.83 |
| Prob > F | 0.0012 | 0.0005 | 0.0008 | 0.0000 | 0.0003 | 0.0025 | 0.0001 |
| Within R2 | 0.6212 | 0.7112 | 0.5878 | 0.6096 | 0.5951 | 0.1762 | 0.4638 |
Note: Figures in the table are regression ß coefficients; as an independent variable varies over time by one unit, a dependent variable increases or decreases by ß units. Standard errors are presented in parentheses ***p < 0.01; **p < 0.05; *p < 0.1. Number of observations N × T = 7 regions × 11 years = 77.
Source: As for Table 2.