Mortality rate ratio and difference by specific causes of death per 100 000 person–years adjusted for age and educational level*
| Cause of death† | Age group (years) | ||||||
| 25–44 | 45–64 | 65 and over | |||||
| Second level, first cycle | First level or no education | Second level, first cycle | First level or no education | Second level, first cycle | First level or no education | ||
| Rate ratio | |||||||
| Cancer sites | |||||||
| Stomach | 1.73 | 1.81 | 1.34 | 1.48 | 1.03 | 1.39 | |
| Colorectal | 1.68 | 2.80‡ | 1.44 | 1.2 | 0.95 | 1.28‡ | |
| Lung | 0.79 | 0.49 | 0.70‡ | 0.31‡ | 0.72 | 0.78 | |
| Breast | 0.96 | 0.84 | 1.04 | 1.13 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Cervix | 0.58 | 1.60 | 1.00 | 1.43 | – | – | |
| Uterus | – | – | 1.02 | 0.8 | 1.49 | 2.21‡ | |
| Ovary | 1.22 | 2.09 | 1.21 | 1.07 | 1.36 | 1.80‡ | |
| Liver | – | – | 2.34 | 2.59 | 0.88 | 0.91 | |
| Pancreas | 0.42 | 1.49 | 0.56 | 0.83 | 0.93 | 0.71‡ | |
| Haematological | 0.90 | 2.12 | 0.96 | 0.93 | 0.98 | 0.87 | |
| Ischaemic heart disease | 2.16 | 1.03 | 1.21 | 1.4 | 1.05 | 1.15‡ | |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 0.94 | 1.65 | 0.89 | 1.05 | 0.80‡ | 1.04 | |
| Pneumonia and influenza | 1.67 | 3.45 | 0.77 | 1.03 | 0.82 | 0.94 | |
| COPD | – | – | 1.47 | 1.92 | 0.98 | 1.14 | |
| Cirrhosis of the liver | 1.86 | 2.77 | 0.6 | 1.33 | 0.88 | 1.25 | |
| Traffic accidents | 1.14 | 0.63 | 0.73 | 0.94 | 1.26 | 1.61‡ | |
| Suicide | 1.75 | 1.39 | 1.12 | 0.57 | 2.64 | 2.76 | |
| Rate difference | |||||||
| Cancer sites | |||||||
| Stomach | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | |
| Colorectal | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | –3 | 18‡ | |
| Lung | −1 | −1 | −10‡ | −22‡ | −14 | −11 | |
| Breast | 0 | −1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cervix | −1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – | – | |
| Uterus | – | – | 0 | −1 | 4 | 9‡ | |
| Ovary | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13‡ | |
| Liver | – | – | 2 | 3‡ | −5 | −4 | |
| Pancreas | 0 | 0 | −4 | −1 | −4 | −15‡ | |
| Haematological | 0 | 2 | 0 | −1 | −2 | −9 | |
| Ischaemic heart disease | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 39‡ | |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0 | −58‡ | 12 | |
| Pneumonia and influenza | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0 | −19 | −6 | |
| COPD | – | – | 1 | 1 | −1 | 8 | |
| Cirrhosis of the liver | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | −2 | 4 | |
| Traffic accidents | 0 | −1 | −1 | 0 | 1 | 2‡ | |
| Suicide | 1 | 1 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 3 | |
Women residing in the Region of Madrid, 2001–2003.
*The reference category is women with the lowest educational level (first level or no education).
†The ICD-10 codes and the number of death for cancer sites are: stomach (C16, 846 deaths), colorectal (C18–C20, 531 deaths), lung (C33–C34, 1261 deaths), breast (C50, 114 deaths), cervix (C53, 154 deaths), uterus (C54, 378 deaths), ovary (C56, 369 deaths), liver (C22, 416 deaths), pancreas (C25, 635 deaths) and haematological (C81–C85, C91–C95, 785 deaths). The codes and the number of deaths for the other causes of death are: ischaemic heart disease (I20–I25, 2708 deaths), cerebrovascular disease (I60–I69, 2706 deaths), pneumonia and influenza (J10–J18, 907 deaths), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (J40–J47, 598 deaths), cirrhosis of the liver (K70, K73, K74, 226 deaths), traffic accidents (V02–V04, V09.0, V09.2, V12–V14, V19.0–V19.6, V20–V79, V80.3, V80.5, V81.0–V81.1, V82.0–V82.1, V83–V86, V87.0–V87.8, V88.8–V88.9, V89.0–V89.2, 184 deaths) and suicide (X60–X84, Y87.0, 90 deaths).
‡The confidence interval of the estimator does not include 1 (in the case of rate ratios) and does not include 0 (in the case of rate differences).