Table 1

Number of deaths and age standardised mortality rates (with 95% confidence intervals) per 100,000 person years for various causes of death in 1991–98 according to adult and childhood social class, men aged 30–34 in 1990

Adult social class
Non-manualManual
Childhood social class
Cause of deathNumber of deathsNon-manualManualNon-manualManualAll
*Alcohol related causes overlap with diseases and external causes.
All causes183496 (83 to 110)115 (101 to 131)288 (255 to 324)286 (269 to 303)205
Diseases77250 (41 to 61)55 (46 to 67)123 (102 to 148)111 (101 to 122)86
    Cardiovascular24312 (7 to 17)15 (10 to 21)27 (17 to 39)41 (35 to 48)27
    Neoplasm15818 (13 to 25)14 (9 to 21)22 (13 to 33)18 (14 to 23)18
    Other37120 (14 to 27)26 (20 to 35)75 (59 to 94)52 (45 to 59)41
External causes106246 (37 to 56)60 (49 to 71)165 (140 to 192)175 (162 to 188)119
    Suicide49226 (20 to 34)29 (22 to 38)77 (61 to 97)77 (69 to 87)55
    Other57019 (14 to 27)31 (23 to 39)87 (70 to 108)97 (88 to 108)64
Alcohol related*87431 (24 to 39)47 (38 to 57)134 (112 to 159)149 (137 to 161)98
    as underlying cause35415 (10 to 21)16 (11 to 23)65 (50 to 83)58 (51 to 66)40
    as contributory cause52016 (11 to 23)31 (23 to 39)69 (53 to 88)91 (82 to 101)58