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Table 2 Number of person-years, lung cancer deaths and age-standardized lung cancer mortality rates per 100,000 by own and partner’s education, housing conditions and age group; Married and cohabiting men and women aged 40–84 years

From: Socioeconomic disparities in lung cancer mortality in Belgian men and women (2001-2011): does it matter who you live with?

 

Men 40–64 years

Men 65–84 years

PY

N

ASMRa (95 % CI)

PY

N

ASMRa (95 % CI)

Own education

 Lower secondary or less

5,094,081

9320

167.4 (163.9–170.8)

2,755,774

15,661

566.3 (557.5–575.1)

 Upper Secondary

2,532,075

2516

112.7 (108.2–117.1)

592,056

2463

417.3 (400.9–433.8)

 Tertiary

2,589,299

1595

68.1 (64.7–71.5)

512,956

1530

302.9 (287.7–318.1)

Partner’s education

 Lower secondary or less

5,302,827

9541

159.4 (156.2–162.7)

3,022,199

16,539

544.2 (535.9–552.5)

 Upper Secondary

2,595,683

2430

107.8 (103.4–112.1)

514,057

2067

406.4 (388.9–424.0)

 Tertiary

2,284,487

1406

74.0 (70.0–77.9)

311,336

946

315.4 (295.0–335.8)

Housing conditions

 Low-quality tenant

555,496

1366

238.9 (226.2–251.6)

259,422

1932

740.9 (707.9–773.9)

 Mid-quality tenant

374,438

827

211.9 (197.5–226.3)

173,485

1019

583.3 (547.4–619.2)

 High-quality tenant

423,902

644

162.0 (149.4–174.6)

110,426

637

572.5 (528.1–616.9)

 Low-quality owner

2,332,228

3677

154.4 (149.4–159.3)

1,153,672

6333

542.9 (529.6–556.3)

 Mid-quality owner

2,078,078

2633

118.7 (114.1–123.2)

896,008

4034

453.6 (439.6–467.6)

 High-quality owner

4,181,967

3849

96.8 (93.7–99.9)

1,079,662

4441

418.0 (405.7–430.4)

 

Women 40–64 years

Women 65–84 years

PY

N

ASMRa (95 % CI)

PY

N

ASMRa (95 % CI)

Own education

 Lower secondary or less

6,036,089

2876

44.8 (43.1–46.5)

2,847,317

2184

76.6 (73.4–79.8)

 Upper Secondary

2,779,075

805

32.5 (30.2–34.9)

435,192

302

71.0 (63.0–79.0)

 Tertiary

2,421,634

497

24.4 (22.1–26.6)

234,574

147

62.7 (52.4–73.0)

Partner’s education

 Lower secondary or less

5,792,362

2624

43.2 (41.6–44.9)

2,592,948

1984

76.4 (73.1–79.8)

 Upper Secondary

2,709,210

867

34.8 (32.4–37.1)

526,648

384

73.8 (66.4–81.2)

 Tertiary

2,766,602

690

27.0 (25.0–29.1)

416,466

278

67.5 (59.5–75.4)

Housing conditions

 Low-quality tenant

634,089

447

69.7 (63.3–76.2)

248,439

312

126.1 (112.1–140.2)

 Mid-quality tenant

424,692

307

70.8 (62.9–78.8)

162,446

178

110.9 (94.5–127.3)

 High-quality tenant

465,399

261

60.4 (53.0–67.8)

96,539

105

108.4 (87.6–129.1)

 Low-quality owner

2,617,438

1053

39.8 (37.4–42.2)

1,087,986

675

62.1 (57.4–66.7)

 Mid-quality owner

2,310,108

786

32.7 (30.4–35.0)

805,099

525

65.6 (60.0–71.3)

 High-quality owner

4,523,601

1153

26.4 (24.9–27.9)

917,441

636

70.3 (64.8–75.7)

  1. PY person-years, N number of lung cancer deaths, ASMR age-standardized mortality rates, CI confidence intervals
  2. aDirectly standardized to the total Belgian population aged 40–84 years
  3. Source: Belgian 2001 census linked to National Register and Mortality Register (2001–2011)