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Table 2 Adjusteda all- cause mortality hazards ratios, stratified to year of diagnosis

From: Temporal trends of geographic variation in mortality following cancer diagnosis: a population-based study

Variables

All

1995–1997

1998–2000

2001–2003

2004–2006

2007–2009

N

26,173

4466

5063

5313

5596

5735

Age (per year)

1.052 (1.050–1.053) ***

1.055 (1.052–1.058) ***

1.050 (1.047–1.052) ***

1.051 (1.048–1.054) ***

1.051 (1.048–1.054) ***

1.054 (1.050–1.057)***

Sex (male)

1.11 (1.08–1.15) ***

1.16 (1.08–1.24) ***

1.16 (1.08–1.240) ***

1.16 (1.08–1.250***

1.05 (0.98–1.13)

1.02 (0.95–1.11)

Ethnicity (Jew)

0.72 (0.68–0.77) ***

0.67 (0.58–0.77) ***

0.79 (0.69–0.90) **

0.70 (0.61–0.79) ***

0.72 (0.63–0.82) ***

0.69 (0.60–0.79) ***

Districts

13 dfb (p < 0.001)

13 dfb (p = 0.121)

13 dfb (p = 0.010)

13 dfb (p = 0.097)

13 dfb (p = 0.003)

13 dfb (p < 0.001)

Metropolises

 Jerusalem

1

1

1

1

1

1

 Tel Aviv

1.03 (0.96–1.09)

1.02 (0.88–1.18)

0.98 (0.86–1.13)

0.88 (0.77–1.01)

1.01 (0.90–1.16)

1.28 (1.09–1.50) **

 Haifa

1.00 (0.94–1.08)

0.94 (0.80–1.01)

0.95 (0.82–1.11)

0.91 (0.78–1.06)

1.09 (0.94–1.27)

1.12 (0.94–1.33)

 BeerSheva

1.25 (1.14–1.36) ***

1.21 (0.99–1.74)

1.22 (1.02–1.47) *

0.97 (0.80–1.18)

1.24 (1.03–1.51) *

1.69 (1.38–2.08) ***

Center

 Rehovot

1.00 (0.92–1.09)

0.97 (0.80–1.17)

1.05 (0.88–1.27)

0.91 (0.76–1.10)

1.01 (0.84–1.22)

1.06 (0.96–1.31)

 Hasharon

1.05 (0.95–1.15)

1.01 (0.89–1.35)

0.98 (0.80–1.20)

0.83 (0.79–1.02)

1.32 (1.08–1.62) **

1.09 (0.86–1.38)

 Petach Tikva

1.01 (0.93–1.09)

0.99 (0.83–1.18)

0.98 (0.83–1.17)

0.89 (0.75–1.06)

0.98 (0.82–1.18)

1.23 (1.01–1.50) *

 Ramla

1.25 (1.11–1.40) ***

1.15 (0.89–1.49)

1.07 (0.83–1.39)

1.17 (0.93–1.47)

1.26 (0.98–1.61)

1.67 (1.26–2.20) ***

South

 Ashkelon

1.24 (1.14–1.35) ***

1.22 (1.02–1.47) *

1.20 (1.01–1.77) *

1.01 (0.91–1.31)

1.35 (1.13–1.62) ***

1.31 (1.06–1.61) *

North

 Hadera

1.17 (1.05–1.29) **

1.13 (0.89–1.44)

1.15 (0.91–1.45)

0.97 (0.77–1.21)

1.16 (0.92–1.47)

1.48 (1.15–1.89) **

 Akko

1.15 (1.05–1.25) **

1.05 (0.85–1.29)

1.26 (1.04–1.52) *

1.00 (0.83–1.22)

1.22 (1.00–1.48) *

1.22 (0.98–1.51)

 Izrael

1.15 (1.04–1.27**

1.12 (0.90–1.40)

1.07 (0.86–1.34)

1.05 (0.85–1.30)

1.16 (0.93–1.45)

1.34 (1.06–1.70) *

 Tzfat

1.04 (0.68–1.24)

0.94 (0.60–1.45)

0.92 (0.61–1.37)

0.79 (0.53–1.18)

1.12 (0.75–1.67)

1.58 (1.07–2.34) *

 Kineret

1.22 (1.02–1.45) *

1.01 (0.70–1.75)

1.01 (0.94–1.81)

1.05 (0.69–1.61)

1.12 (0.76–1.65)

1.45 (0.99–2.12)

  1. *p < 0.05 **p < 0.01 ***p < 0.0001
  2. aAdjusted for age, sex, ethnicity and districts
  3. b degree of freedom