Table 2 Relative index of inequality (RII) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for education, by age group, gender and cause of death

Men

All deaths

2808

3.00

2.50-3.58

7176

2.15

1.92-2.40

10689

1.55

1.41-1.70

All cancers

1291

2.52

1.91-3.26

3165

1.76

1.49-2.08

2630

1.31

1.08-1.57

Lung cancer

362

2.39

1.41-3.89

833

1.68

1.21-2.32

403

1.05

0.66-1.67

UADT cancers

396

4.93

3.06-7.74

506

3.59

2.40-5.65

189

2.95

1.43-6.63

Colorectal cancer

68

1.11

0.33-3.38

261

1.62

0.90-3.00

317

1.51

0.89-2.67

Prostate cancer

17

1.02

0.04-40.4

195

1.02

0.54-1.91

536

1.36

0.90-2.14

CVD

474

3.77

2.40-5.93

1916

2.06

1.67-2.60

3889

1.46

1.24-1.69

IHD

192

2.68

1.40-5.56

767

1.40

1.00-1.96

1087

1.20

0.89-1.62

Cerebrovascular diseases

101

2.23

0.95-5.76

394

2.78

1.79-4.96

989

1.37

1.01-1.88

Non cancer-non CVD

1043

3.37

2.51-4.63

2095

3.07

2.41-3.78

4170

1.85

1.58-2.13

Women

All deaths

1197

2.38

1.78-3.19

3708

2.30

1.96-2.72

15706

1.46

1.34-1.58

All cancers

615

1.57

1.07-2.40

1562

1.44

1.12-1.84

2457

1.07

0.87-1.30

Lung cancer

51

0.69

0.15-2.72

109

0.81

0.30-2.15

126

0.87

0.38-2.11

UADT cancers

38

5.35

0.96-40.1

39

4.39

0.92-28.3

66

0.97

0.26-3.80

Colorectal cancer

55

5.35

1.22-48.1

191

1.25

0.59-2.79

404

0.84

0.52-1.38

Breast cancer

193

1.21

0.60-2.44

333

1.22

0.73-2.09

347

1.26

0.73-2.30

CVD

140

4.63

2.01-11.5

918

3.37

2.43-4.73

6536

1.51

1.33-1.71

IHD

27

3.11

0.50-36.3

270

2.75

1.50-5.37

1422

1.45

1.11-1.92

Cerebrovascular diseases

41

5.98

1.21-54.9

259

2.89

1.62-5.78

1824

1.70

1.33-2.17

Non cancer-non CVD

442

3.55

2.15-5.84

1228

3.24

2.34-4.28

6713

1.60

1.41-1.81