Table 2.

All-cause mortality and hospitalisations for Danish men and women aged 60 and above for the 16 possible income trajectories by individual income

		Mortality		Hospitalisation
		HR (95% CI)		IRR (95% CI)
		Men	Women	Men	Women
Income quartiles (ages 45–49)	Income quartiles (ages 55–59)
4	4 (Ref)	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
3	4	1.10 (1.06 to 1.13)	1.04 (1.00 to 1.09)	1.03 (1.02 to 1.04)	1.02 (1.01 to 1.04)
2	4	1.14 (1.08 to 1.19)	1.02 (0.96 to 1.09)	1.09 (1.07 to 1.10)	1.03 (1.01 to 1.05)
1	4	1.22 (1.14 to 1.30)	1.05 (0.96 to 1.15)	1.09 (1.07 to 1.11)	1.03 (1.01 to 1.05)
4	3	1.52 (1.42 to 1.62)	1.23 (1.12 to 1.34)	1.15 (1.13 to 1.18)	1.12 (1.09 to 1.14)
3	3	1.45 (1.40 to 1.50)	1.26 (1.21 to 1.32)	1.13 (1.12 to 1.14)	1.09 (1.07 to 1.10)
2	3	1.42 (1.38 to 1.47)	1.21 (1.16 to 1.27)	1.12 (1.11 to 1.13)	1.06 (1.05 to 1.08)
1	3	1.55 (1.48 to 1.62)	1.15 (1.08 to 1.22)	1.19 (1.18 to 1.21)	1.03 (1.02 to 1.05)
4	2	1.85 (1.68 to 2.04)	1.52 (1.34 to 1.73)	1.26 (1.21 to 1.30)	1.11 (1.07 to 1.15)
3	2	1.88 (1.79 to 1.97)	1.51 (1.42 to 1.59)	1.28 (1.26 to 1.30)	1.16 (1.15 to 1.18)
2	2	1.91 (1.85 to 1.97)	1.40 (1.34 to 1.46)	1.23 (1.22 to 1.25)	1.11 (1.09 to 1.12)
1	2	1.83 (1.76 to 1.89)	1.22 (1.16 to 1.28)	1.24 (1.23 to 1.25)	1.03 (1.01 to 1.04)
4	1	2.04 (1.84 to 2.27)	1.26 (1.03 to 1.55)	1.29 (1.24 to 1.34)	1.07 (1.01 to 1.13)
3	1	2.46 (2.30 to 2.62)	1.55 (1.40 to 1.72)	1.32 (1.29 to 1.35)	1.14 (1.11 to 1.18)
2	1	2.65 (2.54 to 2.75)	1.54 (1.44 to 1.64)	1.41 (1.39 to 1.43)	1.11 (1.09 to 1.13)
1	1	2.30 (2.22 to 2.37)	1.35 (1.29 to 1.40)	1.28 (1.27 to 1.29)	0.99 (0.98 to 1.00)

IRR, incidence rate ratio.