Table 3. Mortality by Cause of Death, Exposure to the Holocaust, and Sex in a Study of Holocaust Experience and Mortality Patterns, Jerusalem Perinatal Study, Israel, 1964–1976.
| Sex and Exposure Status | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women (n = 2,270 Deaths) | Men (n = 4,665 Deaths) | |||||||
| Cause of Death a | Unexposed | Holocaust Survivor | Unexposed | Holocaust Survivor | ||||
|
No. of Deaths |
Mortality Rateb |
No. of Deaths |
Mortality Rate |
No. of Deaths |
Mortality Rate |
No. of Deaths |
Mortality Rate |
|
| CHD | 58 | 0.2 | 27 | 0.3 | 220 | 0.5 | 105 | 0.9 |
| All circulatory disordersc | 223 | 0.6 | 95 | 1.0 | 703 | 1.7 | 309 | 2.5 |
| Cancer | 729 | 1.9 | 244 | 2.5 | 950 | 2.3 | 397 | 3.2 |
| Unnatural causes | 31 | 0.1 | 11 | 0.1 | 117 | 0.3 | 32 | 0.3 |
| Any other known cause | 341 | 0.9 | 123 | 1.3 | 815 | 2.0 | 313 | 2.6 |
| Unknown cause | 338 | 0.9 | 135 | 1.4 | 743 | 1.8 | 286 | 2.3 |
| All-cause mortality | 1,662 | 4.4 | 608 | 6.3 | 3,328 | 8.0 | 1,337 | 10.9 |
Abbreviation: CHD, coronary heart disease.
a Causes of death were updated through the end of 2015.
b Number of deaths per 1,000 person-years.
c Including CHD.