Mortality and mortality inequalities, New York City neighbourhoods, 1989–91 and 1999–2001*
| Cause† | Rate in poorest neighbourhoods | Rate in wealthiest neighbourhoods | Ratio poor: wealthy‡ | RII‡ | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989–1991 | 1999–2001 | 1989–1991 | 1999–2001 | 1989–1991 | 1999–2001 | 1989–1991 | 1999–2001 | |
| RII, relative index of inequality; YPLL, years of potential life lost before age 65. | ||||||||
| *All rates per 100 000 population, rounded to nearest whole number. | ||||||||
| † Causes are ranked by the 1999–2001 rate in the poorest neighbourhoods. | ||||||||
| ‡All rate ratios and RII are p<0.05. | ||||||||
| §Rate ratios and RII whose 95% confidence intervals do not overlap. | ||||||||
| All | 1248 | 975 | 771 | 637 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.9§ | 1.7§ |
| YPLL-65 | 12 814 | 6059 | 4284 | 2429 | 3.0§ | 2.5§ | 4.2§ | 3.3§ |
| Heart disease | 471 | 391 | 380 | 312 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| Malignancies | 219 | 206 | 177 | 159 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| AIDS | 98 | 60 | 26 | 10 | 3.7§ | 6.1§ | 4.7§ | 13.9§ |
| Diabetes | 24 | 46 | 9 | 14 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.6 |
| Influenza and pneumonia | 60 | 42 | 34 | 29 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 2.1§ | 1.6§ |
| Chronic lung disease | 28 | 28 | 18 | 19 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| Drug-related | 22 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 5.6 | 3.5 | 11.0§ | 5.7§ |
| External causes | 26 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.0 |
| Liver disease | 24 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 5.4 |
| Renal disease | 14 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 2.7 |
| Homicide | 52 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 6.0 | 5.3 | 12.7 | 9.0 |
| Septicaemia | 18 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 3.9 |