Table 3.

The relative measures of educational inequality in deaths with/without mention of musculoskeletal disorders

	Rheumatoid arthritis			Other MSK disorders			No mention of MSK disorders
	Hazard ratio a		RII	Hazard ratio a		RII	Hazard ratio a		RII
	Low	Medium		Low	Medium		Low	Medium
30–69 years
All	2.4 (1.6, 3.7)	1.7 (1.1, 2.6)	3.4 (1.9, 5.9)	2.8 (2.1, 3.7)	2.1 (1.5, 2.8)	3.8 (2.6, 5.3)	1.9 (1.8, 1.9)	1.5 (1.4, 1.5)	2.4 (2.3, 2.5)
Men	2.1 (1.0, 4.7)	1.3 (0.5, 2.9)	3.2 (1.1, 9.7)	2.4 (1.6, 3.7)	2.2 (1.4, 3.4)	2.7 (1.7, 4.4)	1.9 (1.8, 2.0)	1.5 (1.5, 1.6)	2.3 (2.2, 2.4)
Women	2.6 (1.6, 4.4)	1.9 (1.1, 3.2)	3.7 (1.9, 7.1)	3.2 (2.2, 4.7)	1.9 (1.3, 2.9)	5.1 (3.1, 8.5)	1.9 (1.8, 2.0)	1.4 (1.4, 1.5)	2.5 (2.3, 2.6)
70–79 years
All	2.2 (1.6, 3.2)	1.6 (1.1, 2.3)	2.7 (1.9, 3.9)	1.7 (1.3, 2.1)	1.4 (1.1, 1.8)	1.9 (1.4, 2.5)	1.5 (1.4, 1.5)	1.3 (1.2, 1.3)	1.6 (1.6, 1.7)
Men	2.8 (1.3, 5.8)	2.0 (0.9, 4.3)	3.3 (1.5, 7.0)	2.0 (1.4, 2.9)	1.6 (1.1, 2.4)	2.3 (1.5, 3.5)	1.4 (1.4, 1.5)	1.2 (1.2, 1.3)	1.6 (1.5, 1.7)
Women	2.1 (1.4, 3.1)	1.5 (1.0, 2.3)	2.6 (1.7, 4.0)	1.4 (1.0, 1.9)	1.2 (0.8, 1.7)	1.5 (1.0, 2.2)	1.5 (1.4, 1.6)	1.3 (1.2, 1.3)	1.7 (1.6, 1.8)
80+ years
All	1.8 (1.3, 2.5)	1.6 (1.1, 2.2)	1.7 (1.2, 2.3)	1.3 (1.1, 1.5)	1.2 (1.0, 1.4)	1.3 (1.1, 1.5)	1.3 (1.2, 1.3)	1.1 (1.1, 1.2)	1.4 (1.3, 1.4)
Men	2.1 (1.1, 3.8)	1.7 (0.9, 3.2)	2.1 (1.1, 3.9)	1.7 (1.3, 2.2)	1.5 (1.2, 2.0)	1.6 (1.2, 2.2)	1.2 (1.2, 1.3)	1.1 (1.1, 1.1)	1.3 (1.3, 1.4)
Women	1.8 (1.2, 2.6)	1.6 (1.1, 2.3)	1.6 (1.1, 2.2)	1.1 (0.9, 1.3)	1.1 (0.9, 1.3)	1.1 (0.9, 1.4)	1.3 (1.3, 1.4)	1.2 (1.2, 1.2)	1.4 (1.3, 1.4)

RII relative index of inequality, MSK musculoskeletal. Models were adjusted for sex, marital status, and place of born (Nordic vs. non-Nordic)

^a High education as reference group

Values in parentheses display 95% confidence interval

Statistically significant results (p<0.05) are in bold