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Variations in cause specific mortality in Northern Ireland for 'people aged 25–74 years, by area of residence. Data represent hazards ratios (95% confidence intervals) from Cox's proportional hazards modeling, fully adjusted for age, sex, marital status, denomination and social class. |
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| Cause of Death (no. of deaths) |
City |
Intermediate |
Rural |
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| All causes (20,679) |
1.00 |
0.94 *** (0.91, 0.97) |
0.78 *** (0.75, 0.81) |
| Circulatory disease (6,711) |
1.00 |
0.99 (0.94, 1.05) |
0.84 *** (0.79, 0.90) |
| Ischaemic heart disease (4,086) |
1.00 |
1.03 (0.96, 1.11) |
0.88 *** (0.81, 0.96) |
| Stroke (1,362) |
1.00 |
0.85 * (0.75, 0.97) |
0.73 *** (0.64, 0.84) |
| Respiratory disease (2,015) |
1.00 |
0.83 *** (0.75, 0.91) |
0.62 *** (0.55, 0.7) |
| All Malignancies (7,867) |
1.00 |
0.92 *** (0.87, 0.97) |
0.79 *** (0.74, 0.84) |
| Lung cancer (1,890) |
1.00 |
0.78 *** (0.7, 0.87) |
0.57 *** (0.5, 0.65) |
| Breast (694) |
1.00 |
1.03 (0.86, 1.22) |
0.93 (0.77, 1.13) |
| All external causes (852) |
1.00 |
1.14 (0.97, 1.33) |
1.10 (0.92, 1.31) |
| Accidents (470) |
1.00 |
1.11 (0.89, 1.37) |
1.13 (0.90, 1.43) |
| Suicides (339) |
1.00 |
1.18 (0.92, 1.51) |
1.05 (0.79, 1.39) |
| Other Causes (3,234) |
1.00 |
0.90 ** (0.83, 0.97) |
0.66 *** (0.60, 0.73) |
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Statistical significance: *** P < 0.001; ** P < 0.01; * P < 0.05 Source: Northern Ireland Longitudinal Study (Mortality Study) | |||
O'Reilly et al. BMC Public Health 2007 7:123 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-7-123 |
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