Table 3.

Sex differences in all-cause mortality and hospitalisation for the 16 possible income trajectories by individual income among Danish men and women aged 60 and above

Income quartiles (ages 45–49)	Income quartiles (ages 55–59)	Mortality HR (95% CI)	Hospitalisation IRR (95% CI)
4	4	1.29 (1.24 to 1.35)	1.10 (1.09 to 1.11)
3	4	1.39 (1.33 to 1.44)	1.11 (1.10 to 1.12)
2	4	1.46 (1.36 to 1.57)	1.17 (1.15 to 1.19)
1	4	1.51 (1.36 to 1.58)	1.17 (1.13 to 1.20)
4	3	1.61 (1.45 to 1.78)	1.13 (1.10 to 1.17)
3	3	1.50 (1.44 to 1.56)	1.14 (1.13 to 1.16)
2	3	1.54 (1.49 to 1.60)	1.16 (1.15 to 1.17)
1	3	1.74 (1.64 to 1.85)	1.27 (1.25 to 1.29)
4	2	1.60 (1.37 to 1.87)	1.27 (1.25 to 1.29)
3	2	1.62 (1.52 to 1.72)	1.25 (1.19 to 1.32)
2	2	1.77 (1.71 to 1.82)	1.21 (1.19 to 1.23)
1	2	1.92 (1.85 to 1.99)	1.23 (1.22 to 1.24)
4	1	2.10 (1.67 to 2.63)	1.32 (1.31 to 1.34)
3	1	2.08 (1.85 to 2.33)	1.27 (1.22 to 1.32)
2	1	2.23 (2.09 to 2.37)	1.39 (1.36 to 1.42)
1	1	2.15 (2.09 to 2.22)	1.41 (1.40 to 1.43)

IRR, incidence rate ratio.