Table 1

Odds ratios of all cause mortality by sub-region average household income and income inequality for 1.4 million New Zealand 1991 census respondents aged 25–64 years followed up for mortality for three years

MenWomen
DeathsnObserved OR (95% CI)Linkage adj ORDeathsnObserved OR (95% CI)Linkage adj OR
Individual level variables
Ethnicity
    Maori828632071.93 (1.79 to 2.09)2.10642683462.32 (2.12 to 2.53)2.59
    Pacific153212611.07 (0.91 to 1.27)1.3093226651.08 (0.87 to 1.33)1.61
    Non-M non-P524160438911.00334261125311.00
Equivalised household income
    <$10000891650042.15 (1.90 to 2.42)666947671.61 (1.38 to 1.88)
    $10000–$149991302892651.96 (1.75 to 2.20)9901084771.53 (1.32 to 1.77)
    $15000–$19999864902761.68 (1.49 to 1.90)567932851.36 (1.16 to 1.58)
    $20000–$24999897992431.55 (1.38 to 1.74)540967291.25 (1.07 to 1.46)
    $25000–$29999654789601.51 (1.34 to 1.71)375746701.23 (1.04 to 1.44)
    $30000–$34999489686581.29 (1.13 to 1.47)276628891.05 (0.88 to 1.25)
    $35000–$39999327507931.14 (0.98 to 1.32)210460411.10 (0.91 to 1.32)
    $40000–$49999378668161.07 (0.93 to 1.23)210576660.95 (0.79 to 1.15)
    ≥$50000414798451240677371
Rural-urban
    Urban469552445111.00307554514511.00
    Minor Urban696548071.09 (1.00 to 1.18)1.07513573631.24 (1.12 to 1.37)1.14
    Rural and Other8281095990.73 (0.67 to 0.79)0.75483997530.80 (0.72 to 0.89)0.83
Sub-Region level variables
Quartile of average household income
    Low792731881.04 (0.95 to 1.15)1.01504731101.02 (0.91 to 1.15)1.03
    Med-low11521212300.94 (0.87 to 1.02)0.927891231950.99 (0.89 to 1.09)0.98
    Med-high18422001751.01 (0.94 to 1.08)0.9712302038771.03 (0.95 to 1.12)1.01
    High243629426411.00155430207911.00
Quartile of income inequality
    Low112812155711.0075012314711.00
    Med-low18662146410.97 (0.89 to 1.05)0.971,2752196990.98 (0.88 to 1.09)1.00
    Med-high16351811341.02 (0.94 to 1.10)1.021,0051850760.92 (0.83 to 1.02)0.96
    High15901715281.01 (0.93 to 1.10)1.021,0441743360.97 (0.87 to 1.07)1.05