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Table 1 Background table

From: Trends in educational inequalities in cause specific mortality in Norway from 1960 to 2010: a turning point for educational inequalities in cause specific mortality of Norwegian men after the millennium?

 

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

Educational level

Number of deaths

Men

 

 Basic

57558

68257

60498

43298

27688

 Secondary

19725

31488

37090

35028

30839

 Tertiary

3489

5532

6723

8161

9013

 Total

80772

105277

104311

86487

67540

Women

     

 Basic

43539

45396

38394

30054

20526

 Secondary

8105

13906

15885

17212

17450

 Tertiary

1419

1888

2326

3204

4758

 Total

53063

61190

56605

50470

42734

 

Number of person years (%)

Men

 

 Basic

3318547 (66)

3367182 (56)

2726452 (47)

2145114 (34)

1836114 (25)

 Secondary

1437370 (29)

2136814 (36)

2381412 (41)

2907905 (46)

3584177 (50)

 Tertiary

282055 (6)

494505 (8)

699045 (12)

1203933 (19)

1813014 (25)

 Total

5037972 (100)

5998501 (100)

5806909 (100)

6256952 (100)

7233305 (100)

Women

     

 Basic

4081861 (75)

4214395 (65)

3544338 (57)

2766130 (42)

2232559 (31)

 Secondary

1149819 (21)

1944846 (30)

2257147 (36)

2867124 (44)

3420863 (47)

 Tertiary

186186 (3)

314531 (5)

464903 (7)

898462 (14)

1639013 (22)

 Total

5417866 (100)

6473772 (100)

6266388 (100)

6531716 (100)

7292435 (100)

 

Mortality rate (per 100 000 py), age adjusted

Men

 

 Basic

1618.1

1742.2

1713.1

1557.4

1302.3

 Secondary

1506.9

1512.6

1423.1

1170.3

883.1

 Tertiary

1320.2

1224.1

1041.5

803.9

574.3

 Total

1569.7

1617.7

1513.3

1232.5

912.1

Women

     

 Basic

938.1

871.4

785.7

779.9

746.4

 Secondary

767.5

689.2

630.3

569.5

495.9

 Tertiary

738.5

587.1

529.8

434.2

360.7

 Total

895.0

802.9

710.7

640.0

542.2

  1. Number of deaths, person years and mortality rate by educational level, period and gender for age 45–74 years.