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Table 6 Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic disease mortality: Number of fatalities and HRs for endocrine, nutritional and metabolic 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

Endocrine nutritional and metabolic diseases

Women

Men

 

Fatalities

HR3 (95% CI)

Fatalities

HR4 (95% CI)

Overall endocrine nutritional and metabolic diseases 2

    

   Blue-collar worker

5473

Ref.

5458

Ref.

   Service worker

1159

0.94 (0.88;1.00)

195

1.28 (1.11;1.48)

   Farmhand

697

1.21 (1.12;1.31)

582

1.06 (0.97;1.15)

   Farmer

1797

0.86 (0.81;0.91)

1440

0.91 (0.87;0.98)

   White-collar worker

2674

0.56 (0.54;0.59)

2754

0.81 (0.77;0.85)

   Employer

163

0.42 (0.36;0.49)

288

0.81 (0.72;0.91)

   Entrepreneur

1153

0.74 (0.69;0.79)

1347

1.12 (1.06;1.19)

   Professional

91

0.51 (0.42;0.63)

132

0.91 (0.77;1.08)

   Military personnel

45

0.54 (0.40;0.72)

67

0.56 (0.44;0.72)

Diabetes Mellitus

    

   Blue-collar worker

4651

Ref.

4463

Ref.

   Service worker

976

0.93 (0.87;1.00)

167

1.35 (1.15;1.57)

   Farmhand

586

1.20 (1.10;1.30)

486

1.09 (0.99;1.19)

   Farmer

1525

0.85 (0.80;0.90)

1191

0.93 (0.87;0.99)

   White-collar worker

2056

0.51 (0.49;0.54)

2211

0.79 (0.75;0.83)

   Employer

109

0.33 (0.27;0.40)

232

0.80 (0.70;0.91)

   Entrepreneur

935

0.70 (0.65;0.75)

1133

1.16 (1.08;1.24)

   Professional

69

0.46 (0.36;0.58)

107

0.91 (0.75;1.10)

   Military personnel

30

0.42 (0.30;0.61)

52

0.53 (0.40;0.69)

  1. 1 Bold type, 95% CI does not include 1.00
  2. 2 ICD codes: ICD-7: 240–289, ICD-8: 240–279, ICD-9: 240–279, ICD-10: E00-E90
  3. 3 Adjusted for residential area, time period and fertility history
  4. 4 Adjusted for residential area and time period
  5. HR Hazard Ratio, CI Confidence Interval, NA not applicable