Relative risks of mortality 1990–94 by the socioeconomic indices in 1960 and 1990
| 1990 index men | 1990 index women | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 index | 1–2* | 3* | 4–5* | 6–7* | p Value† | 1–2* | 3* | 4–5* | 6–7* | p Value† |
| *Age adjusted mortality rates with the best position both years as unit (deaths/individuals). †p Values for trends. | ||||||||||
| 1–2 (poor) | 3.82 (64/1588) | 2.50 (62/2281) | 1.96 (96/4699) | 1.27 (15/1174) | <0.001 | 2.75 (43/1925) | 1.41 (31/2470) | 0.95 (37/4564) | 0.41 (4/892) | <0.001 |
| 3 | 3.10 (47/1508) | 2.08 (49/2379) | 1.50 (80/4952) | 1.06 (18/1485) | <0.001 | 1.31 (17/1740) | 1.04 (24/2574) | 0.78 (34/4657) | 1.31 (11/884) | 0.82 |
| 4–5 | 2.37 (67/2613) | 1.60 (63/4240) | 1.17 (115/9249) | 1.24 (41/3288) | <0.001 | 0.87 (24/3185) | 0.83 (35/4838) | 0.90 (75/9469) | 0.36 (7/2251) | 0.26 |
| 6–7 (well off) | 1.91 (29/1471) | 1.06 (23/2161) | 0.85 (49/5046) | 1.00 (26/2339) | 0.026 | 0.68 (9/1687) | 1.15 (25/2562) | 0.98 (53/5685) | 1.00 (17/5658) | 0.16 |
| p Value† | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.69 | <0.001 | 0.16 | 0.44 | 0.42 | ||