Table 2.

Age-adjusted all-cause, smoking- and alcohol-related mortality per 100,000 person years by educational attainment, men and women, Sweden, 1991–2008

	Men						Women
	All	AFa	High	Int.	Low	RDb	All	AFa	High	Int.	Low	RDb
Smoking-related mortality
1991–1993	113	12.5	60	97	133	74	55	11.2	23	49	69	46
1994–1996	102	12.3	47	89	124	77	60	12.9	25	56	77	52
1997–1999	98	12.8	48	89	122	73	60	13.6	22	54	81	60
2000–2002	87	12.4	44	80	110	66	71	16.5	27	69	97	70
2003–2005	83	12.5	40	75	110	70	74	18.3	31	70	112	81
2006–2008	71	11.7	28	67	98	69	75	19.6	32	74	116	84
Change	−42	−0.8	−32	−30	−35	−5	+20	+8.4	+10	+25	+47	+38
Alcohol-related mortality
1991–1993	53	5.9	17	47	72	54	10	2.1	6	10	14	9
1994–1996	51	6.1	18	47	69	50	11	2.3	6	11	15	9
1997–1999	48	6.2	18	48	66	48	11	2.4	6	11	16	10
2000–2002	48	6.8	19	49	67	47	12	2.7	7	12	18	11
2003–2005	51	7.8	22	54	71	49	13	3.1	6	13	22	16
2006–2008	49	8.2	23	53	69	46	13	3.3	7	14	20	14
Change	−4	+2.4	+6	+6	−3	−8	+3	+1.2	+1	+4	+6	+5

Age adjusted using the observed age structure in 1991–1993

^aAttributable fraction (AF) in % of all-cause mortality

^bRate difference (RD) between the high and low educated