Table 2

The contribution of causes of death to changes in life expectancy (in years) among men and women aged 35 years from 1988–92 to 2003–7 in Finland by income group and two age groups

	Lowest 20%			Highest 20%			Difference highest–lowest, all ages
Men	All	35–64	65+	All	35–64	65+	Years	%
Lung cancer	0.24	0.13	0.11	0.24	0.11	0.14	0.00	0
Other cancers	0.06	−0.03	0.08	0.53	0.22	0.31	0.47	14
Ischaemic heart disease	1.38	0.79	0.59	1.99	0.78	1.21	0.61	19
Cerebrovascular diseases	0.33	0.17	0.16	0.52	0.14	0.38	0.19	6
Other circulatory diseases	0.14	0.02	0.11	0.37	0.09	0.28	0.23	7
Respiratory diseases	0.23	0.07	0.16	0.29	0.05^†	0.24	0.06	2
Alcohol-related causes of death^*	−1.04	−0.97	−0.08	0.04	0.05	−0.01	1.08	33
Other diseases	−0.16	−0.14	−0.02	0.05	0.04	0.01	0.21	6
Suicide	0.14	0.14	0.01	0.21	0.18	0.02	0.06	2
Accidents and violence	−0.08	−0.06	−0.01	0.28	0.22	0.06	0.36	11
Total	1.24	0.12	1.12	4.51	1.87	2.64	3.27	100
Women
Lung cancer	−0.13	−0.09	−0.04	0.02	0.00	0.03	0.15	7
Breast cancer	−0.03	−0.03	0.00	0.06	0.07	0.00	0.09	4
Other cancers	0.06	−0.05	0.12	0.49	0.29	0.20	0.42	20
Ischaemic heart disease	1.05	0.22	0.83	1.15	0.15	1.01	0.11	5
Cerebrovascular diseases	0.49	0.09	0.40	0.54	0.07	0.48	0.05	2
Other circulatory diseases	0.26	−0.04	0.30	0.37	0.04	0.33	0.11	5
Respiratory diseases	0.13	−0.01	0.14	0.22	0.02	0.20	0.09	4
Alcohol-related causes of death^*	−0.56	−0.54	−0.02	0.01	0.01	−0.01	0.57	27
Other diseases	−0.14	−0.13	−0.01	0.15	0.02	0.14	0.29	14
Suicide	0.01	0.00	0.01	0.10	0.08	0.02	0.09	4
Accidents and violence	−0.03	−0.04	0.01	0.14	0.05	0.09	0.17	8
Total	1.12	-0.62	1.73	3.26	0.79	2.47	2.14	100

↵* Alcohol-related causes of death consist of accidental alcohol poisoning and alcohol-related diseases as the main cause of death.
↵† Values in italic are based on less than 100 deaths during either one of the periods.