Table 1.

Number of deaths and distribution (%) of exposure time, men and women born during 1935–1968 and aged 40–73 years in 1980–2008 who had had two to four children

	Men		Women
	Deaths	Per cent of exposure time	Deaths	Per cent of exposure time
Period
1980–1984	1378	5.7	757	5.5
1985–1989	3180	10.6	1871	10.4
1990–1994	5151	15.5	3207	15.3
1995–1999	8212	20.2	5363	20.2
2000–2004	12 018	24.8	8321	25.0
2005–2008	13 348	23.2	9213	23.6
Age group
40–44	4006	27.5	2717	28.0
45–49	6186	24.8	4084	24.5
50–54	7564	19.5	5060	19.2
55–59	8498	14.2	5802	14.1
60–64	8583	8.9	5529	8.9
65–69	6310	4.2	4087	4.3
70–73	2140	1.0	1453	1.1
Education (years)
10	15 227	23.7	12 483	29.5
11–13	20 083	46.8	12 256	46.9
14–17	5838	20.3	3617	21.0
18+	2139	9.2	376	2.6
Marital status
Never-married	882	2.6	447	2.6
Married	29 304	81.4	18 587	76.5
Widowed	1383	1.2	3036	4.5
Separated/divorced	11 718	14.8	6662	16.4
Number of children
2	22 112	53.9	14 736	53.1
3	15 093	34.7	10 015	35.1
4	6082	11.4	3981	11.8
Age at first birth
<20	1485	2.5	5187	13.6
20–22	9035	16.5	9932	30.8
23–25	13 225	28.3	7205	26.8
26–28	9910	25.0	3838	16.4
29–31	5381	14.9	1616	7.6
32–34	2455	7.4	661	3.1
35–37	1027	3.4	222	1.2
38+	769	2.1	71	0.4
Change of coparent birth 1–2
No	40 132	93.8	26 160	93.0
Yes	3155	6.2	2572	7.0
Change of coparent birth 2–3
No	19 234	42.5	12 918	44.0
Yes	1941	3.6	1978	2.9
Not applicable	22 112	53.9	14 736	53.1
Change of coparent birth 3–4
No	5486	10.5	3685	11.1
Yes	596	0.9	296	0.8
Not applicable	37 205	88.6	24 751	88.2
Total deaths/person years of exposure (000s)	43 287	10601.7	28 732	11060.0