Table 4

Cause specific mortality hazard ratios according to type of toilet facility in the childhood home

Cause of death (number of deaths)Type of toilet facility (number of individuals in category)p Value for difference between groups
Flush inside not shared (1084)Flush outside/shared: reference (1356)No flush
(355)
All cause(621)unadjusted4-150 0.83 (0.69, 1.00)1.00.87 (0.54, 1.38)0.13
adjusted4-151 0.88 (0.73, 1.06)1.00.88 (0.54, 1.43)0.41
CHD(179)unadjusted4-150 0.72 (0.51, 1.04)1.00.66 (0.34, 1.26)0.13
adjusted4-151 0.72 (0.50, 1.02)1.00.69 (0.36, 1.35)0.14
Stroke(47)unadjusted4-150 1.34 (0.73, 2.47)1.01.02 (0.27, 3.85)0.67
adjusted4-151 1.34 (0.75, 2.40)1.01.03 (0.25, 4.33)0.42
Cancer(203)unadjusted4-150 0.85 (0.62, 1.16)1.00.92 (0.46, 1.82)0.60
adjusted4-151 0.96 (0.70, 1.31)1.00.91 (0.44, 1.89)0.94
Cancers not related to smoking(93)unadjusted4-150 0.99 (0.64, 1.54)1.01.06 (0.44, 2.53)0.99
adjusted4-151 1.13 (0.71, 1.79)1.01.05 (0.44, 2.50)0.89
Lung cancer(61)unadjusted4-150 0.70 (0.40, 1.20)1.01.04 (0.35, 3.15)0.45
adjusted4-151 0.76 (0.43, 1.33)1.01.26 (0.42, 3.78)0.23

  • ↵4-150 All models were stratified by sex and district, and robust standard errors calculated to account for clustering within families.

  • ↵4-151 Adjusted for year of birth, income, food expenditure, childhood social class, and adult Townsend score.