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Table 5 Mortality hazard ratios (HR) among the unemployed in 1991, by age group and cause of death, controlling for age and for age and all other variables, men and women aged 30–69 at cohort inception, 1991-2001

From: Mortality following unemployment in Canada, 1991–2001

 

Men

Women

  

Controlling for age

Controlling for all variables (1)

 

Controlling for age

Controlling for all variables (1)

 

Deaths

HR

95% CI

HR

95% CI

Deaths

HR

95% CI

HR

95% CI

Ages 30-39

              

All causes of death

5,021

1.75

1.61

−1.90

1.39

1.27

−1.51

2,466

1.39

1.22

−1.59

1.30

1.14

−1.49

Malignant neoplasms

1,156

1.43

1.18

−1.72

1.30

1.07

−1.59

1,336

1.06

0.87

−1.30

1.02

0.84

−1.25

Circulatory diseases

860

1.39

1.11

−1.73

1.11

0.89

−1.40

296

2.10

1.52

−2.91

1.87

1.35

−2.59

Respiratory diseases

57

2.02

0.96

−4.27

1.57

0.73

−3.38

36

1.13

0.35

−3.67

1.04

0.32

−3.42

Alcohol-related diseases

153

2.69

1.78

−4.08

1.94

1.26

−2.98

39

2.76

1.22

−6.25

2.24

0.97

−5.16

Accidents and violence

1,857

2.02

1.77

−2.29

1.54

1.34

−1.76

462

1.70

1.29

−2.25

1.61

1.21

−2.13

All other causes

1,091

1.93

1.62

−2.29

1.40

1.18

−1.68

336

1.74

1.27

−2.42

1.51

1.09

−2.09

Ages 40-49

              

All causes of death

9,195

1.62

1.51

−1.73

1.33

1.23

−1.43

4,773

1.44

1.30

−1.59

1.38

1.24

−1.52

Malignant neoplasms

3,500

1.41

1.25

−1.59

1.23

1.09

−1.40

3,134

1.16

1.01

−1.33

1.14

0.99

−1.31

Circulatory diseases

2,647

1.57

1.37

−1.79

1.31

1.14

−1.50

683

1.99

1.57

−2.52

1.77

1.40

−2.25

Respiratory diseases

163

1.96

1.20

−3.20

1.47

0.89

−2.43

97

2.60

1.48

−4.58

2.24

1.26

−3.98

Alcohol-related diseases

285

3.12

2.28

−4.26

2.12

1.53

−2.94

66

3.77

2.06

−6.92

3.35

1.80

−6.22

Accidents and violence

1,409

1.96

1.66

−2.32

1.51

1.27

−1.79

360

1.65

1.17

−2.34

1.56

1.10

−2.23

All other causes

1,476

1.82

1.54

−2.15

1.38

1.16

−1.64

499

2.14

1.64

−2.80

1.98

1.51

−2.61

Ages 50-59

              

All causes of death

15,053

1.36

1.29

−1.44

1.22

1.15

−1.29

5,555

1.20

1.09

−1.32

1.17

1.07

−1.30

Malignant neoplasms

7,096

1.27

1.17

−1.38

1.16

1.07

−1.27

3,510

1.10

0.96

−1.24

1.09

0.96

−1.24

Circulatory diseases

4,731

1.31

1.18

−1.45

1.16

1.05

−1.29

1,043

1.04

0.82

−1.32

1.00

0.79

−1.27

Respiratory diseases

488

1.90

1.45

−2.50

1.55

1.17

−2.05

208

1.64

1.05

−2.55

1.62

1.04

−2.53

Alcohol-related diseases

329

1.63

1.14

−2.34

1.23

0.85

−1.78

79

1.57

0.76

−3.26

1.35

0.65

−2.83

Accidents and violence

825

1.88

1.52

−2.33

1.56

1.25

−1.94

177

2.30

1.51

−3.52

2.32

1.51

−3.56

All other causes

1,913

1.49

1.28

−1.74

1.30

1.11

−1.52

617

1.61

1.24

−2.08

1.51

1.17

−1.97

Ages 60-69

              

All causes of death

12,411

1.07

1.00

−1.14

1.03

0.96

−1.10

3,290

1.10

0.95

−1.26

1.09

0.95

−1.25

Malignant neoplasms

5,398

1.08

0.98

−1.19

1.03

0.93

−1.14

1,764

1.09

0.90

−1.31

1.08

0.90

−1.31

Circulatory diseases

4,444

0.93

0.83

−1.05

0.91

0.81

−1.03

862

1.16

0.88

−1.51

1.16

0.89

−1.52

Respiratory diseases

672

1.00

0.74

−1.36

0.95

0.70

−1.29

157

1.16

0.63

−2.14

1.12

0.60

−2.08

Alcohol-related diseases

159

1.82

1.14

−2.91

1.66

1.03

−2.69

23

0.70

0.09

−5.23

0.66

0.09

−4.95

Accidents and violence

405

1.69

1.24

−2.30

1.69

1.23

−2.32

84

1.00

0.40

−2.47

0.93

0.37

−2.31

All other causes

1,492

1.28

1.07

−1.54

1.21

1.01

−1.46

423

1.02

0.69

−1.52

1.00

0.67

−1.49

  1. (1) Adjusted for age, occupational skill level, educational attainment, marital status, year of immigration, and industry sector.
  2. Person-years (000) for men: ages 30–39; 3,768.7, 40–49; 2,984.0, 50–59; 1,784.9, 60–69; 657.4. Person-years for women: ages 30–39; 3,279.1, 40–49; 2,545.6, 50–59; 1,266.1, 60–69; 359.1.
  3. See Appendix for grouping of causes of death by ICD codes.