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J Epidemiol Community Health 64:22-28 doi:10.1136/jech.2008.079269
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Unemployment and mortality—a longitudinal prospective study on selection and causation in 49321 Swedish middle-aged men

Table 6

Association between unemployment >89 days and all-cause and cause-specific mortality 1995–8 and 1999–2003, respectively

Follow-up 1995–8 All-cause mortality (n = 222) Violent death (n = 66) Suicide (n = 45) Violent death other than suicide (n = 21) Non-violent death (n = 156) CVD (n = 61)
HR (95% CI) HR (95 CI) HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI)
Crude 2.39 (1.76 to 3.26) 3.56 (2.12 to 5.97) 3.1 (1.63 to 5.9) 4.69 (1.94 to 11.31) 1.97 (1.33 to 2.90) 1.68 (0.87 to 3.22)
Adjusted* 1.57 (1.13 to 2.18) 2.16 (1.24 to 3.78) 1.76 (0.89 to 3.50) 3.46 (1.33 to 9.00) 1.34 (0.88 to 2.01) 1.10 (0.56 to 2.18)
    % reduction of HR 60 55 65 33 64 85
Follow-up 1999 to 2003 (n = 449) (n = 64) (n = 40) (n = 24) (n = 385) (n = 163)
Crude 1.69 (1.33 to 2.15) 1.42 (0.72 to 2.79) 1.36 (0.57 to 3.23) 1.54 (0.53 to 4.50) 1.74 (1.34 to 2.25) 1.73 (1.17 to 2.58)
Adjusted* 1.17 (0.91 to 1.50) 1.00 (0.5 to 2.03) 1.02 (0.42 to 2.53) 0.98 (0.32 to 2.99) 1.19 (0.91 to 1.56) 1.07 (0.71 to 1.62)
    % reduction of HR 76 99 94 100 72 90
  • Crude and fully adjusted hazard ratios (HR) with 95% CIs.

  • *Crowded housing 1960, parental class 1960 Risk use of alcohol 1969, smoking 1969, psychiatric diagnosis 1969, emotional control 1969 and contact with police 1969, psychiatric diagnosis 1973–91, education 1990, socioeconomic position 1990, income 1990–1 and insured sickness absence 1990–1.

  • Values in bold and italic represent the attenuation of the hazard ratio.

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