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Table 3 Seemingly unrelated regression estimates of log ratios of cause fractions on all-cause mortality

From: Progression of the epidemiological transition in a rural South African setting: findings from population surveillance in Agincourt, 1993–2013

Sex	Coefficients for ln(P₂/P₁)					Coefficients for ln(P₃/P₁)
Sex	Age	ln(M _i) (95% CI)	p-value	Intercept (95% CI)	p-value	ln(M _i) (95% CI)	p-value	Intercept (95% CI)	p-value
Female	0–4	−0.60 (−0.91,−0.28)	< 0.001	−5.68 (−7.16,−4.21)	< 0.001	−0.51 (−1.54,0.52)	0.329	−5.77 (−10.61,−0.93)	0.019
	5–14	−0.20 (−1.97,1.58)	0.830	−3.05 (−15.71,9.62)	0.637	−1.89 (−3.78,0.01)	0.051	−15.09 (−28.62,−1.57)	0.029
	15–49	−0.49 (−1.01,0.03)	0.063	−3.92 (−6.60,−1.24)	0.004	-1.24 (−1.66,−0.82)	< 0.001	−9 (−11.17,−6.84)	< 0.001
	50–64	−0.61 (−0.97,−0.26)	0.001	−2.69 (−4.21,−1.16)	0.001	−1.15 (−1.84,−0.46)	0.001	−7.37 (−10.35,−4.39)	< 0.001
	65+	1.70 (0.50,2.91)	0.006	6.54 (2.56,10.52)	0.001	−4.06 (−6.03,−2.09)	< 0.001	−16.16 (−22.67,−9.66)	< 0.001
Male	0–4	0.01 (−0.71,0.72)	0.983	−2.56 (−5.87,0.75)	0.129	−2.9 (−3.96,−1.83)	< 0.001	−17.25 (−22.18,−12.32)	< 0.001
	5–14	−0.85 (−2.28,0.59)	0.249	−7.34 (−17.19,2.51)	0.144	−1.8 (−3.12,−0.47)	0.008	−12.98 (−22.06,−3.9)	0.005
	15–49	−0.74 (−1.08,−0.39)	< 0.001	−4.63 (−6.32,−2.94)	< 0.001	−1.13 (−1.42,−0.84)	< 0.001	−6.57 (−8.02,−5.12)	< 0.001
	50–64	−0.59 (−1.05,−0.13)	0.011	−2.50 (−4.20,−0.79)	0.004	−1.66 (−2.29,−1.03)	< 0.001	−8.01 (−10.35,−5.67)	< 0.001
	65+	0.46 (−0.36,1.28)	0.270	1.73 (−0.54,4.00)	0.136	−1.08 (−3.89,1.73)	0.451	−5.41 (−13.18,2.36)	0.172

M _i is the all-cause mortality rate for age category i; P₁ is cause-specific fraction for Group I causes; P₂ is cause-specific fraction for Group II causes and P₃ is cause-specific fraction for Group III causes.

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