Table 1

Association between education and mortality from infectious diseases. Mortality rate ratios (95% confidence intervals)

		All infectious diseases*			All infectious diseases without aids
	Number of people	Number of deaths	Adjusted for age	Adjusted for age and other factors†	Number of deaths	Adjusted for age	Adjusted for age and other factors†
*Tuberculosis ((ICD-9) codes 010–018.9; 137.0–137.4); bacterial meningitis (027.0, 036.9, 320–321.3, 321.8); septicaemia (038.0–038.9); AIDS (279.5–279.6); hepatobiliary disease (070.0–070.9, 576.1); mycoses (110.0–118.0); infections of the heart (391.0–391.9, 393, 394.1, 395.0–395.2, 397.1, 397.9, 398–398.0, 421, 422.0, 424.9); selected respiratory tract infections (460.0–466.1, 475, 480.0–487.8, 510.0–510.9, 513.0–513.1); selected gastrointestinal tract infections (540–542, 566, 567.0–567.2, 569.5); infections of kidney and urinary tract (590.0–590.9, 599.0) and other infectious diseases (rest of codes 001–139).
†Employment status, marital status, household size, and area residence based deprivation category.
Men
Third level	166745	55	1.00	1.00	31	1.00	1.00
Upper secondary	161066	70	1.27 (0.89 to 1.81)	1.32 (0.92 to 1.89)	38	1.36 (0.84 to 2.19)	1.31 (0.80 to 2.13)
Lower secondary	163675	122	2.23 (1.62 to 3.08)	2.46 (1.76 to 3.45)	58	1.92 (1.23 to 2.99)	1.86 (1.17 to 2.96)
Elementary or less	335693	297	2.92 (2.18 to 3.92)	2.82 (2.06 to 3.86)	172	2.27 (1.53 to 3.36)	2.00 (1.31 to 3.06)

p value for trend			<0.001	<0.001		<0.001	<0.001

Women
Third level	127060	9	1.00	1.00	6	1.00	1.00
Upper secondary	131934	19	2.00 (0.90 to 4.41)	1.91 (0.86 to 4.23)	8	1.25 (0.43 to 3.59)	1.19 (0.41 to 3.45)
Lower secondary	205485	40	2.53 (1.22 to 5.23)	2.41 (1.14 to 5.10)	26	2.10 (0.86 to 5.14)	1.93 (0.77 to 4.84)
Elementary or less	440340	109	2.91 (1.45 to 5.81)	2.73 (1.31 to 5.68)	90	2.51 (1.09 to 5.81)	2.29 (0.95 to 5.57)

p value for trend			0.002	0.007		0.007	0.020