Age standardised* mortality rates per 100 000 and mortality rate ratios for selected causes of death by ethnicity in Estonia from 1989 to 2000, all ages combined
| Men | Women | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mortality rates | Mortality rate ratios (95% CI) | Mortality rates | Mortality rate ratios (95% CI) | |||||||||||
| 1989 | 2000 | Change from 1989 to 2000 | 1989 | 2000 | 1989 | 2000 | Change from 1989 to 2000 | 1989 | 2000 | |||||
| *European standard population. | ||||||||||||||
| Infectious diseases | ||||||||||||||
| Estonians | 14.6 | 17.6 | +2.9 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 4.6 | 4.7 | +0.1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Russians | 10.8 | 20.0 | +9.2 | 0.67 | (0.51 to 0.87) | 1.24 | (0.93 to 1.67) | 3.2 | 7.0 | +3.8 | 0.66 | (0.44 to 0.98) | 1.61 | (1.03 to 2.53) |
| Stomach cancer | ||||||||||||||
| Estonians | 37.2 | 30.6 | −6.7 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 17.8 | 13.8 | −4.0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Russians | 65.7 | 48.7 | −17.0 | 1.86 | (1.62 to 2.13) | 1.66 | (1.34 to 2.05) | 27.9 | 21.0 | −6.8 | 1.64 | (1.41 to 1.90) | 1.62 | (1.29 to 2.04) |
| Lung cancer | ||||||||||||||
| Estonians | 84.6 | 85.0 | +0.3 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 10.4 | 10.6 | +0.2 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Russians | 120.8 | 107.3 | −13.4 | 1.58 | (1.44 to 1.74) | 1.27 | (1.11 to 1.46) | 13.0 | 11.0 | −1.9 | 1.41 | (1.14 to 1.73) | 1.07 | (0.79 to 1.44) |
| Breast cancer | ||||||||||||||
| Estonians | – | – | – | – | – | 20.9 | 26.5 | +5.6 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Russians | – | – | – | – | – | 20.8 | 30.6 | +9.9 | 1.09 | (0.93 to 1.29) | 1.20 | (0.99 to 1.46) | ||
| Ischaemic heart disease | ||||||||||||||
| Estonians | 572.1 | 434.3 | −137.8 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 330.9 | 250.1 | −80.8 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Russians | 531.2 | 555.8 | +24.6 | 0.93 | (0.88 to 0.97) | 1.31 | (1.23 to 1.39) | 330.1 | 267.9 | −62.3 | 0.98 | (0.95 to 1.02) | 1.03 | (0.97 to 1.09) |
| Cerebrovascular disease | ||||||||||||||
| Estonians | 226.5 | 184.4 | −42.1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 187.8 | 139.1 | −48.7 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Russians | 222.0 | 221.7 | −0.3 | 1.00 | (0.93 to 1.07) | 1.24 | (1.12 to 1.36) | 200.1 | 156.1 | −44.0 | 1.05 | (1.00 to 1.11) | 1.08 | (1.00 to 1.16) |
| Influenza, pneumonia | ||||||||||||||
| Estonians | 10.9 | 20.7 | +9.8 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 3.8 | 5.8 | +2.0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Russians | 13.2 | 53.8 | +40.6 | 1.09 | (0.84 to 1.41) | 2.79 | (2025 to 3.46) | 5.4 | 12.0 | +6.5 | 1.19 | (0.85 to 1.66) | 1.85 | (1.32 to 2.61) |
| Chronic respiratory disease | ||||||||||||||
| Estonians | 26.6 | 25.3 | −1.3 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 8.6 | 6.7 | −1.9 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Russians | 35.6 | 33.6 | −2.0 | 1.35 | (1.13 to 1.63) | 1.30 | (1.01 to 1.69) | 11.0 | 6.4 | −4.6 | 1.31 | (1.04 to 1.65) | 0.93 | (0.64 to 1.37) |
| Alcoholic liver cirrhosis | ||||||||||||||
| Estonians | 2.2 | 9.5 | +7.3 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.3 | 3.1 | +2.8 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Russians | 0.9 | 19.7 | +18.9 | 0.46 | (0.20 to 1.03) | 2.23 | (1.60 to 3.11) | 0.6 | 7.0 | +6.4 | 2.10 | (0.70 to 6.31) | 2.64 | (1.60 to 4.36) |
| Transport accidents | ||||||||||||||
| Estonians | 41.3 | 33.1 | −8.2 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 11.9 | 9.1 | −2.8 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Russians | 34.9 | 25.1 | −9.9 | 0.85 | (0.74 to 0.97) | 0.82 | (0.64 to 1.04) | 11.7 | 4.4 | −7.3 | 0.95 | (0.76 to 1.18) | 0.53 | (0.33 to 0.87) |
| Alcohol poisoning | ||||||||||||||
| Estonians | 12.9 | 21.6 | +8.6 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 2.2 | 4.4 | +2.3 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Russians | 23.6 | 47.4 | +23.9 | 1.98 | (1.62 to 2.41) | 2.44 | (1.96 to 3.03) | 5.5 | 15.8 | +10.3 | 2.96 | (1.98 to 4.44) | 3.85 | (2.62 to 5.66) |
| Suicide | ||||||||||||||
| Estonians | 43.4 | 47.8 | +4.4 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 12.6 | 8.5 | −4.1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Russians | 40.8 | 66.6 | +25.8 | 1.00 | (0.88 to 1.14) | 1.48 | (1.25 to 1.74) | 11.6 | 14.0 | +2.4 | 0.95 | (0.77 to 1.19) | 1.66 | (1.22 to 2.26) |
| Homicide | ||||||||||||||
| Estonians | 9.2 | 14.3 | +5.1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 2.6 | 3.4 | +0.8 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Russians | 16.9 | 47.0 | +30.1 | 2.02 | (1.62 to 2.53) | 3.56 | (2.80 to 4.52) | 5.2 | 11.2 | +6.0 | 1.96 | (1.34 to 2.86) | 3.86 | (2.45 to 6.08) |