Table 3. Distribution of key sample characteristics for baseline sample, all-cause and cause-specific mortality.
| Baseline sample
(n=8,174) % (95% CI) |
All-cause mortality
(n=779) % (95% CI) |
Cancers
(n=288) % (95% CI) |
Circulatory
(n=256) % (95% CI) |
Respiratory
(n=112) % (95% CI) |
Other causes
(n=123) % (95% CI) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean age | 64.0 (63.6,64.3) | 75.3 (74.3,76.3) | 72.2 (70.8,73.7) | 77.4 (75.8,79.0) | 77.8 (75.3,80.3) | 74.6 (72.1,77.1) |
| Men | 48.2 (47.2,49.3) | 53.1 (48.4,57.8) | 53.7 (46.3,61.0) | 56.5 (48.7,63.9) | 40.9 (29.8,52.9) | 55.4 (43.7,66.6) |
| Women | 51.8 (50.7,52.8) | 46.9 (42.2,51.6) | 46.3 (39.0,53.7) | 43.5 (36.1,51.3) | 59.1 (47.1,70.2) | 44.6 (33.4,56.3) |
| Education | ||||||
| Primary | 31.5 (30.0,33.1) | 53.1 (48.6,57.6) | 45.2 (38.1,52.4) | 59.9 (52.1,67.1) | 56.0 (43.9,67.5) | 52.3 (41.3,63.1) |
| Secondary | 46.3 (44.9,47.7) | 34.8 (30.6,39.3) | 40.1 (33.3,47.3) | 31.4 (24.7,38.9) | 33.5 22.7,46.4) | 32.4 (23.2,43.2) |
| 3 rd level | 22.2 (21.0,23.5) | 12.1 (9.7,14.9) | 14.8 (11.1,19.4) | 8.8 (5.7,13.4) | 10.5 (5.1,20.2) | 15.3 (9.4,23.9) |
|
Principal
economic status |
||||||
| Employed | 36.0 (34.5,37.4) | 11.4 (9.0,14.3) | 14.4 (10.0,20.3) | 10.5 (6.9,15.6) | 8.1 8.1 (3.5,17.4) | 9.8 (5.2,17.7) |
| Retired | 36.6 (35.1,38.1) | 64.6 (60.3,68.7) | 64.1 (56.9,70.6) | 64.6 (57.3,71.4) | 68.7 (56.0,79.1) | 61.8 (49.8,72.5) |
| Other * | 27.5 (26.2,28.8) | 24.0 (20.4,28.0) | 21.5 (16.3,27.8) | 24.8 (18.7,32.1) | 23.2 (14.1,35.8) | 28.4 (19.1,40.0) |
|
Occupation
social class |
||||||
| Professionals | 25.1 (23.8,26.5) | 16.9 (13.4,21.0) | 25.0 (18.3,33.3) | 12.2 (7.9,18.5) | 9.9 (3.9,23.1) | 18.0 (10.1,30.0) |
| Non-manual | 28.7 (27.4,29.9) | 29.0 (24.3,34.2) | 27.6 (20.2,36.3) | 33.0 (25.1,42.1) | 23.9 (13.7,38.2) | 26.8 (16.2,40.9) |
| Skilled manual | 17.5 (16.4,18.7) | 17.1 (13.3,21.8) | 21.7 (14.9,30.4) | 14.8 (9.5,22.4) | 12.1 (5.8,23.4) | 18.0 (9.9,30.6) |
|
Semi- & un-
skilled |
21.0 (19.7,22.4) | 21.8 (17.7,26.7) | 16.0 (10.0,24.5) | 24.7 (17.5,33.7) | 29.0 (17.8,43.4) | 20.2 (11.3,33.4) |
| Not classified | 7.7 (6.9,8.6) | 15.1 (11.4,19.9) | 9.7 (5.5,16.5) | 15.2 (9.5,23.6) | 25.1 (13.7,41.5) | 17.0 (8.3,31.6) |
|
Mean
household income |
€34,285
(32526,36043) |
€21,184
(18762,23606) |
€23,547
(17595,29499) |
€19,024
(16154,21894) |
€20,344
(17055,23632) |
€22,074
(18337,25812) |
* The Other occupational group includes: unemployed, in full-time education or training, permanently sick or disabled, or looking after family home on a full-time basis.