Age adjusted CHD mortality rates*, death and population counts among black men and white men by occupational class and occupational structure category, 1988–1992
| Occupational structure category | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| I | II | III | |
| *Age adjusted rates per 100000, for ages 35 to 64 years, by the direct method of adjustment, using the 1970 US population as the standard. †Rate not calculated, due to too few deaths. ‡Number of deaths/race specific population counts, men ages 35–64, shown in parentheses. | |||
| White collar | |||
| Black men | –† (4/1264)‡ | 200 (119/19760) | 156 (41/7163) |
| White men | 228 (1103/139350) | 194 (3762/534576) | 135 (598/109714) |
| Black/white ratio | – | 1.03 | 1.16 |
| Blue collar | |||
| Black men | 689 (75/3426) | 502 (551/31779) | 332 (124/9551) |
| White men | 381 (2506/193215) | 341 (4602/364945) | 248 (545/50690) |
| Black/white ratio | 1.81 | 1.47 | 1.34 |