| Diagnosis | Women (n = 5271) | Men (n = 13 964) | ||||
| No of cases† | No of deaths (in cases) | HR (95% CI)‡ | No of cases† | No of deaths (in cases) | HR (95% CI)‡ | |
| Infectious and parasitic diseases | 65 | 0 | 95 | 10 | 1.31 (0.89 to 1.93) | |
| Neoplasm | 285 | 17 | 1.78 (1.59 to 2.00) | 147 | 41 | 2.05 (1.80 to 2.34) |
| Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases | 73 | 6 | 1.82 (1.21 to 2.73) | 88 | 11 | 1.36 (0.91 to 2.05) |
| Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Mental disorders | 733 | 29 | 1.24 (1.11 to 1.38) | 540 | 69 | 1.35 (1.25 to 1.45) |
| Diseases of the nervous system | 42 | 3 | 1.53 (0.65 to 3.56) | 57 | 8 | 1.23 (0.89 to 1.69) |
| Diseases of sense organs | 88 | 4 | 1.01 (0.57 to 2.17) | 155 | 15 | 1.31 (0.90 to 1.92) |
| Diseases of the circulatory system | 249 | 6 | 0.66 (0.32 to 1.40) | 488 | 49 | 1.35 (1.16 to 1.56) |
| Diseases of the respiratory system | 565 | 19 | 1.02 (0.73 to 1.42) | 742 | 66 | 1.07 (0.92 to 1.25) |
| Diseases of the digestive system | 282 | 9 | 0.82 (0.46 to 1.47) | 540 | 42 | 1.29 (1.05 to 1.59) |
| Diseases of the genitourinary system | 419 | 12 | 0.97 (0.62 to 1.51) | 223 | 13 | 1.09 (0.78 to 1.51) |
| Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue | 45 | 1 | 0.78 (0.13 to 4.87) | 79 | 10 | 1.75 (1.31 to 2.34) |
| Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue | 652 | 16 | 0.81 (0.60 to 1.11) | 1254 | 99 | 1.05 (0.95 to 1.17) |
| External causes | 394 | 12 | 1.25 (0.87 to 1.80) | 1159 | 79 | 1.08 (0.91 to 1.27) |
| Other | 369 | 9 | 0.95 (0.60 to 1.52) | 267 | 26 | 1.07 (0.77 to 1.47) |
| Diagnosis missing | 1013 | 26 | 0.86 (0.56 to 1.32) | 1357 | 95 | 1.01 (0.81 to 1.26) |
†A case is a participant who has had at least one spell of absence >7 days for that diagnosis during the 3-year exposure window. S/he may appear in more than one diagnostic category.
‡The reference group for each diagnostic category is participants with no spell >7 days for that specific diagnosis.