Cause of death | Correlation between inequalities in amenable mortality and inequalities in all-cause mortality (Pearson r) | Correlation between inequalities in amenable mortality and inequalities in mortality from non-amenable causes (Pearson r) |
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Infectious diseases | ||
All infectious diseases | 0.832* | 0.858* |
Tuberculosis (TB) | 0.812* | 0.708* |
Pneumonia/influenza | 0.921* | 0.921* |
Other infectious disease | 0.432 | 0.509* |
Cancer | ||
All amenable cancers | 0.595* | 0.789* |
Cervical cancer | −0.410 | −0.344 |
Testicular cancer | 0.587* | 0.726* |
Colorectal cancer | 0.472 | 0.601* |
Hodgkin’s disease and leukaemia | 0.357 | 0.553* |
Cardiorespiratory conditions | ||
All amenable cardiorespiratory conditions | 0.969* | 0.872* |
Ischaemic heart disease | 0.907* | 0.822* |
Cerebrovascular disease | 0.952* | 0.889* |
Chronic rheumatic heart disease | 0.611* | 0.554* |
Hypertension | 0.798* | 0.608* |
Asthma | 0.731* | 0.588* |
Other heart disease | 0.125 | 0.161 |
Gastro intestinal conditions | ||
All amenable gastrointestinal conditions | 0.853* | 0.729* |
Appendicitis, hernia, peptic ulcer | 0.873* | 0.766* |
Cholecystitis and -lithiasis | 0.316 | 0.166 |