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Table 3 Adjusteda cancer mortality hazards ratios, stratified to year of diagnosis, excluding screening associated cancers

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

5.596

5735

Age (per year)

1.042 (1.041–1.044)***

1.044 (1.041–1.047)***

1.039 (1.036–1.042)***

1.038 (1.035–1.041)***

1.043 (1.040–1.047)***

1.050 (1.046–1.053)***

Sex (male)

1.09 (1.05–1.13)***

1.13 (1.04–1.23)**

1.13 (1.05–1.23)**

1.15 (1.06–1.24)**

1.01 (0.93–1.10)

1.01 (0.92–1.10)

Ethnicity (Jew)

0.71 (0.66–0.76)***

0.66 (0.56–0.77)**

0.84 (0.63–0.86)***

0.71 (0.62–0.83)***

0.73 (0.63–0.84)***

0.66 (0.56–0.77)***

Districts

13 dfb (p < 0.001)

13 dfb (p = 0.43)

13 dfb (p = 0.04)

13 dfb (p = 0.01)

13 dfb (p = 0.04)

13 dfb (p < 0.001)

Metropolises

 Jerusalem

1

1

1

1

1

1

 Tel Aviv

1.06 (0.98–1.14)

0.96 (0.81–1.13)

0.97 (0.83–1.14)

0.89 (0.76–1.05)

1.08 (0.93–1.27)

1.44 (1.19–1.73)***

 Haifa

1.00 (0.93–1.09)

0.90 (0.75–1.08)

0.96 (0.81–1.15)

0.88 (0.74–1.05)

1.10 (0.93–1.31)

1.16 (0.94–1.43)

 BeerSheva

1.31 (1.18–1.44)***

1.10 (0.88–1.39)

1.31 (1.06–1.62)*

1.03 (0.83–1.28)

1.38 (1.11–1.72)**

1.83 (1.44–2.32)***

Center

 Rehovot

1.06 (0.98–1.14)

0.91 (0.73–1.14)

0.97 (0.78–1.19)

0.84 (0.68–1.05)

1.02 (0.82–1.27)

1.28 (1.01–1.62)*

 Hasharon

1.04 (0.93–1.16)

1.07 (0.84–1.35)

0.98 (0.77–1.25)

0.76 (0.59–0.96)*

1.29 (1.01–1.63)*

1.21 (0.92–1.59)

 Petach Tikva

1.23 (1.08–1.40)**

0.99 (0.81–1.21)

1.00 (0.82–1.22)

0.87 (0.71–1.06)

1.06 (0.86–1.30)

1.33 (1.05–1.68)**

 Ramla

0.99 (0.90–1.10)

1.01 (0.82–1.48)

0.98 (0.72–1.34)

1.20 (0.92–1.56)

1.22 (0.93–1.64)

1.37 (1.20–2.32)**

South

 Ashkelon

1.27 (1.15–1.40)***

1.15 (0.93–1.42)

1.21 (0.99–1.49

1.14 (0.92–1.41)

1.50 (1.22–1.84)***

1.31 (1.03–1.68)*

North

 Hadera

1.18 (1.05–1.33)**

1.07 (0.82–1.41)

1.07 (0.81–1.41)

0.93 (0.72–1.21)

1.27 (0.97–1.65)

1.71 (1.29–2.26)***

 Akko

1.13 (1.02–1.26)*

1.00 (0.79–1.27)

1.20 (0.96–1.50)

0.99 (0.79–1.24)

1.26 (1.00–1.58)*

1.25 (0.97–1.61)

 Izrael

1.21 (1.08–1.36)**

1.13 (0.88–1.45)

1.11 (0.86–1.43)

1.11 (0.87–1.41)

1.31 (1.02–1.68)*

1.44 (1.10–1.89)**

 Tzfat

1.02 (0.82–1.26)

0.87 (0.52–1.44)

0.84 (0.52–1.36)

0.66 (0.40–1.09)

1.17 (0.74–1.86)

1.84 (1.18–2.86)**

 Kineret

1.22 (1.00–1.49)*

0.86 (0.48–1.54)

1.22 (0.83–1.80)

1.12 (0.71–1.80)

1.39 (0.92–2.09)

1.74 (0.95–2.29)

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