Table 2

Pearson correlations between mortality rates, social capital indicators, and potential confounding variables for male, 45–64 years (n=1521) (weighted by the interviewed men in the counties)

	Male mortality	Male distrust	Male reciprocity	Male received help from civil organisation	GDP	Unemployment rate	Male education	Male income	Male spirit consumption	Male smoking
*Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (two tailed). Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (two tailed).
Male mortality	1.000	0.335**	−0.214**	−0.340**	−0.750**	0.734**	−0.493**	−0.624**	0.066*	−0.044
Male distrust	0.335**	1.000	0.188**	−0.245**	−0.174**	0.396**	−0.161**	−0.117**	−0.155**	0.059*
Male reciprocity	−0.214**	0.188**	1.000	−0.090**	0.119**	−0.122**	0.073**	−0.016	−0.095**	0.213**
Male received help from civil organisation	−0.340**	−0.245**	−0.090**	1.000	0.572**	−0.465**	0.224**	0.423**	0.056*	0.177**
GDP	−0.750**	−0.174**	0.119**	0.572**	1.000	−0.710**	0.534**	0.826**	0.045	0.246**
Unemployment rate	0.734**	0.396**	−0.122**	−0.465**	−0.710**	1.000	−0.730**	−0.751**	0.109**	−0.183**
Male education	−0.493**	−0.161**	0.073**	0.224**	0.534**	−0.730**	1.000	0.741**	−0.043	0.136**
Male income	−0.624**	−0.117**	−0.016	0.423**	0.826**	−0.751**	0.741**	1.000	0.016	0.251**
Male spirit consumption	0.066*	−0.155**	−0.095**	0.056*	0.045	0.109**	−0.043	0.016	1.000	0.556**
Male smoking	0.044	0.059*	0.213**	0.177**	0.246**	−0.183**	0.136**	0.251	0.556**	1.000