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Table 3 Cause specific mortality rates (in 7 cause specific groups) by gender, educational level and period for the ages 45–74 years

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

 

1. Lung cancer mortality rate (per 100 000 py), age adjusted

Men

     

 Basic

57.1

88.3

121.8

140.7

144.7

 Secondary

54.1

76.0

95.0

97.4

91.4

 Tertiary

40.1

52.1

55.1

53.7

45.1

 Total

50.4

72.1

90.6

97.2

93.8

Women

     

 Basic

9.2

15.3

30.1

61.8

93.8

 Secondary

7.9

14.9

26.0

38.3

49.6

 Tertiary

14.1

12.5

20.4

24.3

26.1

 Total

10.4

14.2

25.5

41.5

56.5

2. COPD mortality rate (per 100 000 py), age adjusted

Men

     

 Basic

21.3

30.5

35.4

45.0

58.5

 Secondary

14.9

25.1

25.9

30.9

31.3

 Tertiary

9.1

13.9

11.5

13.2

11.7

 Total

15.1

23.2

24.3

29.7

33.9

Women

     

 Basic

6.5

8.8

12.8

28.2

50.4

 Secondary

3.9

5.0

8.5

15.1

22.1

 Tertiary

3.1

3.0

6.0

7.5

7.3

 Total

4.5

5.6

9.1

16.9

26.6

3. CVD mortality rate (per 100 000 py), age adjusted

Men

     

 Basic

804.4

886.6

843.7

667.2

404.4

 Secondary

809.0

794.2

707.9

483.7

259.7

 Tertiary

708.7

635.6

500.0

305.2

156.3

 Total

774.0

772.1

683.8

485.4

273.5

Women

     

 Basic

423.4

377.5

304.3

244.2

157.9

 Secondary

313.2

258.3

201.9

146.9

90.7

 Tertiary

296.0

203.1

148.9

89.2

52.9

 Total

344.2

279.6

218.4

160.1

100.5

4. Other cancer mortality rate (per 100 000 py), age adjusted

Men

     

 Basic

296.1

318.8

321.4

321.4

289.2

 Secondary

283.7

299.9

303.2

290.4

253.3

 Tertiary

265.9

271.0

262.9

246.7

201.7

 Total

281.9

296.6

295.8

286.2

248.0

Women

     

 Basic

272.5

282.6

274.8

273.9

248.3

 Secondary

268.0

268.8

260.4

248.1

213.9

 Tertiary

258.4

243.1

246.6

218.7

190.5

 Total

266.3

264.9

260.6

246.9

217.6

5. External causes mortality rate (per 100 000 py), age adjusted

Men

     

 Basic

79.1

85.1

77.3

67.9

65.1

 Secondary

51.4

56.8

55.0

45.2

40.5

 Tertiary

36.6

41.7

37.2

26.6

23.2

 Total

55.7

61.2

56.5

46.6

43.0

Women

     

 Basic

19.4

20.8

20.5

17.7

25.5

 Secondary

19.4

20.8

18.8

15.9

14.7

 Tertiary

22.9

19.0

17.6

13.6

12.4

 Total

20.6

20.2

19.0

15.7

17.5

6. Suicide mortality rate (per 100 000 py), age adjusted

Men

     

 Basic

21.8

26.8

36.2

31.3

28.5

 Secondary

16.7

22.1

27.8

23.3

18.6

 Tertiary

18.6

22.6

27.4

19.3

14.4

 Total

19.0

23.8

30.5

24.6

20.5

Women

     

 Basic

5.8

8.0

12.5

10.2

9.5

 Secondary

7.2

10.3

13.6

10.4

8.6

 Tertiary

10.3

14.2

16.7

11.3

9.1

 Total

7.7

10.8

14.3

10.6

9.1

7. Other causes mortality rate (per 100 000 py), age adjusted

Men

     

 Basic

302.5

304.4

273.9

273.0

293.0

 Secondary

254.1

237.1

203.7

190.3

173.8

 Tertiary

225.2

186.3

143.1

128.1

111.6

 Total

260.6

242.6

206.9

197.1

192.8

Women

     

 Basic

172.9

157.8

128.7

140.2

154.1

 Secondary

132.2

110.7

99.6

91.8

91.1

 Tertiary

115.4

90.8

72.9

66.1

59.1

 Total

140.2

119.9

100.4

99.4

101.4