Table 5 Respiratory disease mortality: Number of fatalities and HRs for respiratory 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
Respiratory disease | Women | Men | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Fatalities | HR3 (95% CI) | Fatalities | HR4 (95% CI) |
Overall respiratory disease 2 | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Blue-collar worker | 12654 | Ref. | 23233 | Ref. |
   Service worker | 3211 | 1.06 (1.02;1.10) | 759 | 1.09 (1.01;1.17) |
   Farmhand | 1361 | 1.09 (1.03;1.16) | 2031 | 0.88 (0.84;0.92) |
   Farmer | 4057 | 0.88 (0.85;0.92) | 5449 | 0.76 (0.74;0.78) |
   White-collar worker | 9259 | 0.79 (0.79;0.81) | 10901 | 0.75 (0.73;0.77) |
   Employer | 797 | 0.80 (0.75;0.86) | 1168 | 0.67 (0.64;0.72) |
   Entrepreneur | 3216 | 0.88 (0.84;0.91) | 4727 | 0.88 (0.86;0.91) |
   Professional | 398 | 0.90 (0.81;0.99) | 573 | 0.82 (0.76;0.89) |
   Military personnel | 214 | 1.10 (0.96;1.26) | 352 | 0.72 (0.64;0.80) |
COPD | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Blue-collar worker | 3559 | Ref. | 8552 | Ref. |
   Service worker | 944 | 1.21 (1.12;1.30) | 303 | 1.22 (1.09;1.37) |
   Farmhand | 299 | 0.93 (0.83;1.05) | 688 | 0.87 (0.80;0.94) |
   Farmer | 539 | 0.51 (0.47;0.56) | 1418 | 0.58 (0.55;0.62) |
   White-collar worker | 2888 | 0.80 (0.76;0.84) | 3967 | 0.71 (0.68;0.73) |
   Employer | 251 | 0.90 (0.79;1.03) | 387 | 0.61 (0.55;0.68) |
   Entrepreneur | 831 | 0.86 (0.80;0.93) | 1613 | 0.85 (0.80;0.89) |
   Professional | 115 | 0.95 (0.79;1.15) | 194 | 0.78 (0.67;0.89) |
   Military personnel | 82 | 1.17 (0.94;1.46) | 126 | 0.64 (0.54;0.76) |
Influenza and Pneumonia | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Blue-collar worker | 6800 | Ref. | 10845 | Ref. |
   Service worker | 1716 | 1.01 (0.96;1.07) | 348 | 1.03 (0.93;1.15) |
   Farmhand | 832 | 1.17 (1.09;1.26) | 1048 | 0.92 (0.87;0.99) |
   Farmer | 2793 | 1.00 (0.96;1.05) | 3191 | 0.87 (0.84;0.91) |
   White-collar worker | 4728 | 0.79 (0.76;0.82) | 5317 | 0.81 (0.79;0.84) |
   Employer | 417 | 0.78 (0.70;0.86) | 620 | 0.75 (0.69;0.81) |
   Entrepreneur | 1801 | 0.88 (0.83;0.93) | 2373 | 0.93 (0.88;0.97) |
   Professional | 222 | 0.90 (0.79;1.03) | 298 | 0.89 (0.79;0.99) |
   Military personnel | 93 | 1.05 (0.86;1.29) | 158 | 0.75 (0.64;0.88) |