Table 4. All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality in the Study Sample and Mortality Risk as a Function of Exposure to the Holocaust (Cox Models), Jerusalem Perinatal Study, Israel, 1964–1976.
| Cause of Death a | Women (n = 9,842 Observations) | Men (n = 12,066 Observations) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
No. of Deaths |
% of Deaths |
HR b | 95% CI |
No. of Deaths |
% of Deaths |
HR b | 95% CI | |
| All-cause mortality | 2,137 | 100.0 | 1.15 | 1.05, 1.27 | 4,448 | 100.0 | 1.02 | 0.95, 1.09 |
| Specific causes | ||||||||
| CHD | 77 | 3.6 | 1.28 | 0.78, 2.12 | 306 | 6.9 | 1.39 | 1.09, 1.77 |
| All circulatory disordersc | 298 | 13.9 | 1.22 | 0.94, 1.57 | 960 | 21.6 | 1.12 | 0.97, 1.29 |
| Cancer | 930 | 43.5 | 1.17 | 1.01, 1.35 | 1,282 | 28.8 | 1.14 | 1.01, 1.28 |
| Unnatural causes | 40 | 1.9 | 1.34 | 0.67, 2.70 | 141 | 3.2 | 0.77 | 0.51, 1.16 |
| Any other known cause | 425 | 19.9 | 1.06 | 0.85, 1.32 | 1,087 | 24.4 | 0.86 | 0.75, 0.99 |
| Unknown cause | 444 | 20.8 | 1.17 | 0.95, 1.45 | 978 | 22.0 | 1.00 | 0.87, 1.15 |
Abbreviations: CHD, coronary heart disease, CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio.
a Causes of death were updated through the end of 2015.
b The models adjusted for participant’s education and socioeconomic position.
c Including CHD.