Table 4

 Sex specific all cause mortality rates by quartiles of neighbourhood unemployment

StudyMenWomen
Number of deathsRates per 1000 person years (95% CI)*Number of deathsRates per 1000 person years (95% CI)*
*Rates have been adjusted for age at baseline with age in 5 or 10 year age categories using Poisson regression analysis. †Rates in Madrid were weighted by (1/0.7), because linkage was successful for 70% of deceased persons.
ARIC
1 (least unemployment)1877.5 (6.2 to 9.0)953.6 (2.7 to 4.8)
21908.3 (7.0 to 10.0)1205.0 (3.9 to 6.5)
315110.1 (8.7 to 11.8)965.1 (4.1 to 6.5)
4 (most unemployment)499.8 (8.3 to 11.6)276.3 (5.0 to 7.9)
GLOBE
1 (least unemployment)623.5 (2.3 to 5.4)352.8 (1.6 to 4.8)
21534.3 (2.9 to 6.2)993.4 (2.3 to 5.2)
3844.3 (2.8 to 6.4)583.8 (2.4 to 6.0)
4 (most unemployment)925.7 (3.9 to 8.6)473.7 (2.3 to 6.1)
Whitehall II
1 (least unemployment)591.9 (1.4 to 2.8)132.3 (1.5 to 3.5)
2702.3 (1.6 to 3.2)222.1 (1.5 to 3.0)
3772.7 (2.0 to 3.7)221.8 (1.3 to 2.5)
4 (most unemployment)793.3 (2.4 to 4.4)793.5 (2.6 to 3.8)
Helsinki
1 (least unemployment)19193.4 (3.1 to 3.7)
227434.1 (3.8 to 4.4)
327504.5 (4.2 to 4.8)
4 (most unemployment)29895.6 (5.2 to 6.0)
Turin
1 (least unemployment)18023.1 (3.0 to 3.2)14272.0 (1.9 to 2.1)
253073.4 (3.3 to 3.5)39682.1 (2.0 to 2.2)
344683.7 (3.6 to 3.8)32092.3 (2.2 to 2.4)
4 (most unemployment)38234.0 (3.9 to 4.1)26162.3 (2.2 to 2.5)
Madrid†
1 Least unemployment18026.5 (6.3 to 6.8)9823.1 (2.9 to 3.3)
222307.6 (7.2 to 8.1)11923.5 (3.2 to 3.8)
325138.2 (7.7 to 8.7)12343.6 (3.3 to 3.9)
4 Most unemployment312910.0 (9.5 to 10.6)14874.2 (3.9 to 4.6)