| German Switzerland (GS) | French Switzerland (FS) |  |  | ||||||||||||
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 |  | Rate overall and by educational level | Rate decrease per additional year of education |  | Rate overall and by educational level | Rate decrease per additional year of education | GS vs. FS* | Significance of region* | ||||||||
 | deaths | all | low | middle | high | % | 95% CI | deaths | all | low | middle | high | % | 95% CI | p-value | z-value |
All causes | 122182 | 1186 | 1515 | 1156 | 854 | 7.74 | (7.49;7.99) | 38721 | 1220 | 1478 | 1176 | 882 | 6.45 | (6.07;6.84) | < 0.001 | 5.5 |
Circulatory system | 44555 | 426 | 529 | 418 | 310 | 7.29 | (6.88;7.70) | 12141 | 376 | 451 | 363 | 272 | 6.33 | (5.64;7.02) | 0.019 | 2.36 |
   Coronary heart disease | 24732 | 238 | 283 | 239 | 177 | 6.38 | (5.84;6.92) | 5597 | 175 | 203 | 174 | 129 | 5.31 | (4.33;6.30) | 0.062 | 1.86 |
   Other heart diseases | 8297 | 80 | 108 | 76 | 52 | 10.14 | (9.14;11.15) | 1291 | 106 | 135 | 96 | 75 | 7.97 | (6.63;9.33) | 0.012 | 2.53 |
   Stroke | 6313 | 59 | 77 | 55 | 44 | 7.93 | (6.83;9.03) | 1735 | 53 | 62 | 52 | 37 | 6.44 | (4.62;8.29) | 0.175 | 1.36 |
Cancer | 42872 | 420 | 513 | 419 | 315 | 6.39 | (5.98;6.80) | 14695 | 467 | 556 | 456 | 347 | 5.96 | (5.34;6.58) | 0.250 | 1.15 |
   UADT cancer | 3272 | 33 | 51 | 32 | 18 | 15.20 | (13.46;16.97) | 1604 | 53 | 70 | 53 | 28 | 12.50 | (10.34;14.69) | 0.057 | 1.9 |
   Stomach cancer | 2052 | 20 | 29 | 19 | 12 | 12.84 | (10.73;14.99) | 544 | 17 | 23 | 15 | 12 | 9.18 | (5.75;12.72) | 0.081 | 1.75 |
   Intestinal cancer | 4468 | 44 | 45 | 44 | 39 | 1.89 | (0.75;3.04) | 1467 | 46 | 50 | 48 | 39 | 2.39 | (0.63;4.19) | 0.638 | -0.47 |
   Liver cancer | 1494 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 6.18 | (4.02;8.38) | 790 | 25 | 28 | 26 | 20 | 4.27 | (1.75;6.85) | 0.265 | 1.12 |
   Lung cancer | 11841 | 118 | 165 | 116 | 65 | 12.97 | (12.09;13.87) | 4163 | 134 | 179 | 123 | 82 | 11.07 | (9.76;12.40) | 0.019 | 2.34 |
   Breast cancer | 4852 | 45 | 47 | 45 | 43 | 1.22 | (0.14;2.30) | 1445 | 43 | 45 | 43 | 39 | 1.66 | (-0.09;3.45) | 0.672 | -0.42 |
Other diseases | 15497 | 149 | 212 | 139 | 97 | 11.34 | (10.76;11.92) | 4947 | 153 | 193 | 143 | 105 | 7.63 | (6.81;8.45) | < 0.001 | 7.23 |
   COPD | 5418 | 51 | 80 | 45 | 24 | 18.18 | (16.73;19.64) | 1177 | 36 | 51 | 30 | 21 | 13.89 | (11.23;16.62) | 0.007 | 2.72 |
   Liver cirrhosis | 2490 | 25 | 37 | 25 | 15 | 12.99 | (11.08;14.94) | 1128 | 37 | 50 | 38 | 19 | 12.20 | (9.67;14.80) | 0.630 | 0.48 |
   Ill-defined | 2670 | 27 | 32 | 26 | 25 | 1.72 | (0.26;3.21) | 1832 | 58 | 64 | 59 | 50 | 2.86 | (1.26;4.48) | 0.305 | -1.03 |
Injuries | 8680 | 87 | 112 | 85 | 67 | 6.44 | (5.55;7.35) | 2801 | 91 | 113 | 87 | 68 | 6.43 | (5.03;7.85) | 0.986 | 0.02 |
   Suicide | 4121 | 42 | 46 | 42 | 36 | 2.57 | (1.37;3.78) | 1280 | 42 | 50 | 42 | 34 | 4.42 | (2.45;6.42) | 0.116 | -1.57 |
   Transport accident | 1452 | 15 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 11.46 | (9.05;13.93) | 488 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 4.94 | (1.73;8.24) | 0.002 | 3.12 |
Smoking-related | 20595 | 202 | 296 | 194 | 108 | 14.72 | (14.02;15.42) | 6969 | 223 | 301 | 206 | 131 | 11.55 | (10.52;12.58) | < 0.001 | 4.98 |
Alcohol-related | 8378 | 85 | 123 | 83 | 48 | 12.96 | (11.91;14.02) | 3867 | 127 | 163 | 128 | 73 | 10.44 | (9.11;11.78) | 0.004 | 2.91 |