Table 3 Crude and adjusted hazard ratios (95 % confidence intervals) for overall mortality by the level of relative deprivation in Swedish men and women by income quartiles Q1-Q4

Male

Continuous Q1

1.002 (0.994-1 .010)

p = .62

0.996 (0.987-1.005)

p = .35

0.992 (0.983-1.001)

p = .08

1.001 (0.992-1.009)

p = .91

Continuous Q2

1.241 (1.219-1.264)

p < .0001

1.363 (1.325-1.402)

p < .0001

1.321 (1.287-1.356)

p < .0001

1.240 (1.217-1.264)

p < .0001

Continuous Q3

1.228 (1.202-1.255)

p < .0001

1.243 (1.199-1.289)

p < .0001

1.195 (1.159-1.233)

p < .0001

1.180 (1.157-1.203)

p < .0001

Continuous Q4

1258 (1.220-1.297)

p < .0001

1.309 (1.260-1.359)

p < .0001

1.169 (1.145-1.194)

p < .0001

1.133 (1.115-1.151)

p < .0001

Female

Continuous Q1

1 .023 (1 .014-1.033)

p < .0001

1.017 (1.006-1 .027)

p = .001

1.014 (1.004-1.024)

p = 005

1.021 (1.011-1.030)

p < .0001

Continuous Q2

1.093 (1.071-1.115)

p < 0001

1.048 (1.018-1.079)

p = .002

1.040 (1.013-1.069)

p = 004

1.079 (1.057-1.100)

p < .0001

Continuous Q3

1.096 (1.061-1.132)

p < .0001

1.074 (1.018-1.134)

p = .01

1.054 (1.009-1.100)

p = .02

1.081 (1.054-1.109)

p < .0001

Continuous Q4

1.167 (1.0918-1.240)

p < .0001

1.086 (0.999-1.181)

p = .05

1.050 (1.000-1.103)

p.05

1.061 (1.026-1.-097)

p < .0005