Table 2 Cardiovascular disease mortality: Number of fatalities and HRs for cardiovascular disease according to socio-economic status for women and men in Sweden from 1960 to 20041
From: Socio-economic status and overall and cause-specific mortality in Sweden
Cardiovascular disease | Women | Men | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Fatalities | HR3 (95% CI) | Fatalities | HR4 (95% CI) |
Overall cardiovascular disease 2 | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Blue-collar worker | 102389 | Ref. | 178383 | Ref. |
   Service worker | 24416 | 1.01 (0.99;1.02) | 5088 | 0.98 (0.96;1.01) |
   Farmhand | 11641 | 1.10 (1.08;1.12) | 17428 | 0.96 (0.94;0.97) |
   Farmer | 37276 | 0.95 (0.93;0.96) | 47133 | 0.88 (0.87;0.89) |
   White-collar worker | 69740 | 0.78 (0.77;0.78) | 92567 | 0.86 (0.85;0.87) |
   Employer | 5208 | 0.68 (0.66;0.70) | 9860 | 0.83 (0.81;0.84) |
   Entrepreneur | 26247 | 0.88 (0.87;0.89) | 40052 | 0.99 (0.98;1.01) |
   Professional | 2544 | 0.74 (0.71;0.77) | 4378 | 0.88 (0.86;0.91) |
   Military personnel | 1093 | 0.73 (0.69;0.78) | 2873 | 0.78 (0.76;0.81) |
Ischaemic heart disease | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Blue-collar worker | 50393 | Ref. | 116367 | Ref. |
   Service worker | 12172 | 1.03 (1.01;1.05) | 3232 | 0.96 (0.93;0.99) |
   Farmhand | 5808 | 1.10 (1.07;1.13) | 11213 | 0.94 (0.92;0.96) |
   Farmer | 17915 | 0.92 (0.91;0.94) | 29381 | 0.85 (0.84;0.86) |
   White-collar worker | 32657 | 0.75 (0.74;0.76) | 59120 | 0.85 (0.84;0.86) |
   Employer | 2310 | 0.63 (0.60;0.66) | 6155 | 0.81 (0.79;0.83) |
   Entrepreneur | 12777 | 0.88 (0.86;0.90) | 25884 | 0.99 (0.98;1.01) |
   Professional | 1192 | 0.72 (0.68;0.76) | 2745 | 0.86 (0.83;0.90) |
   Military personnel | 507 | 0.69 (0.64;0.76) | 1878 | 0.80 (0.76;0.84) |
Cerebrovascular disease | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Blue-collar worker | 26634 | Ref. | 29697 | Ref. |
   Service worker | 6134 | 0.98 (0.95;1.01) | 850 | 0.99 (0.92;1.05) |
   Farmhand | 3083 | 1.10 (1.06;1.14) | 3031 | 0.98 (0.94;1.02) |
   Farmer | 10084 | 0.98 (0.96;1.01) | 8610 | 0.94 (0.92;0.96) |
   White-collar worker | 18556 | 0.80 (0.78;0.81) | 15861 | 0.89 (0.87;0.90) |
   Employer | 1409 | 0.72 (0.68;0.76) | 1759 | 0.87 (0.83;0.91) |
   Entrepreneur | 6952 | 0.90 (0.87;0.92) | 6868 | 1.02 (0.99;1.05) |
   Professional | 656 | 0.74 (0.68;0.80) | 775 | 0.93 (0.86;1.00) |
   Military personnel | 301 | 0.77 (0.69;0.87) | 408 | 0.67 (0.61;0.74) |
Other forms of heart diseases | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Blue-collar worker | 12925 | Ref. | 15155 | Ref. |
   Service worker | 3050 | 0.98 (0.94;1.02) | 496 | 1.11 (1.02;1.22) |
   Farmhand | 1475 | 1.14 (1.08;1.20) | 1637 | 1.08 (1.02;1.13) |
   Farmer | 5153 | 1.02 (0.99;1.05) | 4882 | 1.02 (0.99;1.06) |
   White-collar worker | 9355 | 0.80 (0.78;0.83) | 7903 | 0.83 (0.81;0.86) |
   Employer | 775 | 0.75 (0.70;0.81) | 902 | 0.81 (0.76;0.87) |
   Entrepreneur | 3380 | 0.88 (0.84;0.91) | 3501 | 1.00 (0.96;1.04) |
   Professional | 373 | 0.81 (0.73;0.89) | 406 | 0.91 (0.82;0.99) |
   Military personnel | 138 | 0.74 (0.63;0.87) | 271 | 0.82 (0.73;0.92) |