Table 3

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.

Cause of Death (no. of deaths)
City
Intermediate
Rural

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)

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