Table 3

Absolute difference in all cause mortality between descendants of (1) manual and upper non-manual classes, and (2) lower and upper non-manual classes, and per cent of^3-150the difference accounted for by three groups of causes of death by age, females and males

Age		Absolute difference between descendants of
		(1) manual and upper non-manual classes				(2) lower and upper non-manual classes
		Total diff^†				% of difference accounted for by		Total diff^†		% of difference accounted for by
		Total diff^†				Diseases^‡	Accidents and violence^‡	Total diff^†		Alcohol related	Total	Diseases^‡	Accidents and violence^‡	Alcohol related	Total
Females
5–9	0.2	—	—	—	—		0.1	—	—	—	—
10–14	1.6	—	—	—	—		−3.3	—	—	—	—
15–19	8.7	−23	95	28	100		0.7	—	—	—	—
20–24	−1.3	—	—	—	—		−1.4	—	—	—	—
25–29	13.6	47	11	42	100		2.8	—	—	—	—
30–34	18.5	74	6	20	100		14.3	83	31	−13	100
Males
5–9	7.4	−2	102	0	100		0.3	—	—	—	—
10–14	−2.4	—	—	—	—		−3.7	—	—	—	—
15–19	36.7	6	48	46	100		12.5	−17	50	67	100
20–24	51.2	9	28	63	100		16.3	8	−21	113	100
25–29	58.4	7	22	72	100		28.5	17	22	61	100
30–34	95.0	15	18	67	100		48.1	4	34	62	100

↵3-150 Per cent of the difference accounted for by the cause of death category:((mr_i ^c − mr_i ^r)/(MR^c − Mr^r))^3-150100 , where mr_i = mortality rate in cause i, MR = mortality rate in all causes, c = comparison group, r = upper non-manual class. ^†Deaths per 100 000 person years. ^‡Excluding alcohol related deaths. —Total difference is too small to be divided meaningfully into different causes of death.