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Table 3 Trends in all-cause mortality by marital status 1971-2007

From: Trends in total and cause-specific mortality by marital status among elderly Norwegian men and women

 

Men

Women

Yearc

0.938***(0.931-0.944)

0.952***(0.946-0.959)

Married (ref.)d

1.000

1.000

Never married

1.230***(1.219-1.241)

1.222***(1.210-1.233)

Widowed

1.168***(1.160-1.176)

1.112***(1.104-1.121)

Divorced

1.406***(1.386-1.426)

1.279***(1.260-1.297)

(Year-1990)*married (ref.)

1.000

1.000

(Year-1990)*never married

1.008***(1.006-1.009)

1.009***(1.008-1.010)

(Year-1990)*widowed

1.004***(1.003-1.005)

1.004***(1.003-1.005)

(Year-1990)*divorced

1.001(0.999-1.003)

1.007***(1.005-1.009)

  1. Odds ratios. Norwegian men and women aged 75-89ab
  2. aControlling for age, level of education, region of residence, centrality, age*(year-1990), education*(year-1990), region of residence*(year-1990) and centrality*(year-1990).
  3. b*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001
  4. cCurrent year of exposure to death
  5. dMain effects of marital status can be interpreted as the effects in 1990.
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