Table 3.

Cox proportional hazards ratios for the effect of occupational prestige on mortality: the national health interview survey 1986–1994 (N = 383,495)

	All-cause	Cancer	Cardiovascular	Respiratory
Independent variables	HR 95% CI	HR 95% CI	HR 95% CI	HR 95% CI
Age in years	1.08 (1.08, 1.08)	1.12 (1.12, 1.13)	1.10 (1.10, 1.11)	1.11 (1.10, 1.11)
Male sex	1.84 (1.78, 1.90)	1.28 (1.19, 1.37)	2.32 (2.19, 2.47)	1.68 (1.47, 1.92)
Ethnicity:
Black	1.27 (1.21, 1.32)	1.23 (1.11, 1.37)	1.28 (1.18, 1.38)	0.70 (0.59, 0.83)
Other	0.94 (0.81, 1.09)	1.04 (0.83, 1.29)	0.87 (0.70, 1.08)	0.46 (0.26, 0.82)
Hispanic	1.04 (0.97, 1.12)	0.84 (0.71, 0.99)	0.94 (0.84, 1.06)	0.69 (0.53, 0.91)
Married	0.78 (0.76, 0.81)	1.05 (0.97, 1.14)	0.80 (0.76, 0.85)	0.67 (0.58, 0.77)
Household income in $10,000	0.95 (0.94, 0.95)	0.97 (0.95, 0.99)	0.94 (0.93, 0.95)	0.92 (0.89, 0.95)
Education level in years	0.97 (0.96, 0.98)	0.95 (0.94, 0.96)	0.97 (0.96, 0.98)	0.95 (0.93, 0.97)
Prestige score in 10 points	0.96 (0.95, 0.97)	0.96 (0.93, 0.99)	0.96 (0.94, 0.99)	0.89 (0.85, 0.94)