Table 2.

Premature mortality: Rate Ratios and p-values for different Poisson regression models including age at inclusion in the cohort, region of residence, and SE variables (education level, employment status, housing score). People of Belgian nationality at birth aged 25–64 at census, Belgium, follow up 2001–11

		Model 1	p value	Model 2a	p value	Model 2b	p value	Model 2c	p value	Model 3	p value
Men
Curage		1.088	<0.001	1.083	<0.001	1.074	<0.001	1.092	<0.001	1.078	<0.001
Region	Bxl	1.539	<0.001	1.579	<0.001	1.404	<0.001	1.222	<0.001	1.254	<0.001
	Wal	1.543	<0.001	1.513	<0.001	1.452	<0.001	1.429	<0.001	1.390	<0.001
Education	Low			1.967	<0.001					1.373	<0.001
	Mid			1.470	<0.001					1.258	<0.001
	Missing			3.046	<0.001					1.469	<0.001
Employment	Unempl.					2.582	<0.001			1.992	<0.001
	Retired					1.598	<0.001			1.455	<0.001
	Non working, other					3.495	<0.001			2.688	<0.001
	Missing					3.290	<0.001			2.078	<0.001
Housing	Ten./Low comf							2.853	<0.001	2.071	<0.001
	Ten./Mid comf							2.966	<0.001	2.172	<0.001
	Ten./High comf							1.595	<0.001	1.477	<0.001
	Owner/Low comf							1.642	<0.001	1.408	<0.001
	Owner/Mid comf							1.599	<0.001	1.374	<0.001
	Missing							2.859	<0.001	1.852	<0.001
Women
Curage		1.085	<0.001	1.077	<0.001	1.068	<0.001	1.086	<0.001	1.071	<0.001
Region	Bxl	1.491	<0.001	1.555	<0.001	1.586	<0.001	1.238	<0.001	1.346	<0.001
	Wal	1.401	<0.001	1.393	<0.001	1.391	<0.001	1.310	<0.001	1.309	<0.001
Education	Low			1.718	<0.001					1.204	<0.001
	Mid			1.381	<0.001					1.155	<0.001
	Missing			2.697	<0.001					1.469	<0.001
Employment	Unempl.					1.802	<0.001			1.516	<0.001
	Retired					1.785	<0.001			1.593	<0.001
	Non working, other					2.193	<0.001			1.950	<0.001
	Missing					2.836	<0.001			1.888	<0.001
Housing	Ten./Low comf							2.422	<0.001	2.122	<0.001
	Ten./Mid comf							2.469	<0.001	2.200	<0.001
	Ten./High comf							1.509	<0.001	1.501	<0.001
	Owner/Low comf							1.477	<0.001	1.361	<0.001
	Owner/Mid comf							1.416	<0.001	1.326	<0.001
	Missing							2.521	<0.001	2.009	<0.001