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Table 3 All cause and cause-specific premature mortality by region: low and mid versus high educational level rate differences and rate ratio, males of Belgian origin aged 25–64 at census, Belgium, follow up 2001–11

From: Educational inequalities in premature mortality by region in the Belgian population in the 2000s

   

Rate Difference

Rate Ratio

 

Males

 

Fla

Bxl

Wal

RD ratio Bxl - Fla

p

RD ratio Wal - Fla

p

RD ratio Wal -Bxl

p

Fla

Bxl

Wal

RR ratio Bxl- Fla

p

RR ratio Wal -Fla

p

RR ratio Wal -Bxl

p

All-Cause

ALL CAUSES

Low

252.0

464.2

394.7

1.84

***

1.57

***

0.85

***

1.9

2.2

2.0

1.15

***

1.04

*

0.91

**

 

Mid

116.1

221.1

193.8

1.90

***

1.67

***

0.88

ns

1.4

1.6

1.5

1.11

**

1.05

*

0.95

ns

Avoidable

Low

195.3

340.9

289.6

1.75

***

1.48

***

0.85

**

2.1

2.4

2.2

1.14

**

1.01

ns

0.89

**

 

Mid

92.0

167.2

139.6

1.82

***

1.52

***

0.83

bl

1.5

1.7

1.6

1.11

*

1.01

ns

0.92

bl

Not Avoidable

Low

56.7

123.3

105.1

2.17

***

1.85

***

0.85

bl

1.6

1.9

1.8

1.19

**

1.12

***

0.94

ns

 

Mid

24.0

53.8

54.2

2.24

**

2.26

***

1.01

ns

1.3

1.4

1.4

1.11

ns

1.12

**

1.01

ns

Broad Classes

ALL CANCERS

Low

79.4

140.8

109.4

1.77

***

1.38

***

0.78

**

1.7

2.0

1.8

1.21

***

1.06

*

0.88

*

 

Mid

36.7

69.9

48.3

1.91

**

1.32

*

0.69

bl

1.3

1.5

1.4

1.15

*

1.02

ns

0.89

bl

ALL CIRCULAT. DIS.

Low

56.7

106.9

86.2

1.89

***

1.52

***

0.81

**

2.0

2.4

2.2

1.23

**

1.08

*

0.88

bl

 

Mid

26.1

50.6

43.5

1.94

**

1.66

***

0.86

ns

1.5

1.7

1.6

1.16

bl

1.09

bl

0.94

ns

OTH.NAT.DEATHS

Low

60.4

148.2

132.2

2.45

***

2.19

***

0.89

ns

2.0

2.3

2.2

1.14

*

1.08

*

0.94

ns

 

Mid

23.9

73.3

64.8

3.07

***

2.71

***

0.88

ns

1.4

1.7

1.6

1.17

*

1.13

**

0.96

ns

EXTERNAL CAUSES

Low

55.5

68.3

66.8

1.23

ns

1.20

*

0.98

ns

2.5

2.2

2.1

0.89

ns

0.83

**

0.94

ns

 

Mid

29.4

27.2

37.2

0.93

ns

1.27

*

1.36

ns

1.8

1.5

1.6

0.83

bl

0.89

*

1.08

ns

Detailed

Lung Ca

Low

44.8

62.2

58.8

1.39

**

1.31

***

0.95

ns

2.5

2.7

2.6

1.07

ns

1.05

ns

0.97

ns

 

Mid

19.6

27.0

25.4

1.38

ns

1.29

bl

0.94

ns

1.6

1.7

1.7

1.05

ns

1.02

ns

0.98

ns

Colorectal Ca

Low

3.1

9.7

2.1

3.11

*

0.69

ns

0.22

**

1.2

1.8

1.2

1.43

*

0.93

ns

0.65

*

 

Mid

3.0

4.1

1.3

1.35

ns

0.43

ns

0.32

ns

1.2

1.3

1.1

1.07

ns

0.89

ns

0.83

ns

Lip-Or.Cav-Phar.Ca

Low

5.1

12.3

8.3

2.40

**

1.63

**

0.68

ns

2.1

3.0

2.5

1.47

bl

1.23

ns

0.84

ns

 

Mid

2.2

6.0

4.1

2.75

ns

1.84

bl

0.67

ns

1.5

2.0

1.7

1.37

ns

1.20

ns

0.87

ns

LiverCancer

Low

1.0

3.8

2.3

3.80

ns

2.28

ns

0.60

ns

1.3

1.7

1.4

1.31

ns

1.08

ns

0.82

ns

 

Mid

1.2

5.1

1.7

4.22

ns

1.39

ns

0.33

ns

1.4

1.9

1.3

1.42

ns

0.95

ns

0.67

ns

Prostate Ca

Low

1.1

−1.3

2.4

−1.24

ns

2.23

ns

−1.80

*

1.2

0.8

1.4

0.66

ns

1.20

ns

1.81

*

 

Mid

0.4

0.6

1.2

1.61

ns

3.00

ns

1.87

ns

1.1

1.1

1.2

1.02

ns

1.13

ns

1.11

ns

Isc.Heart Dis.

Low

28.8

50.4

45.4

1.75

***

1.57

***

0.90

ns

2.1

2.4

2.3

1.14

ns

1.09

ns

0.96

ns

 

Mid

12.8

22.2

20.5

1.73

bl

1.60

**

0.92

ns

1.5

1.6

1.6

1.08

ns

1.06

ns

0.98

ns

Cer.vasc.Dis/HTA

Low

8.7

16.0

14.4

1.84

*

1.66

***

0.90

ns

1.9

2.5

2.0

1.32

ns

1.09

ns

0.83

ns

 

Mid

3.5

13.2

7.7

3.71

*

2.17

*

0.58

ns

1.4

2.2

1.6

1.63

*

1.15

ns

0.71

ns

C.o.p.d.

Low

12.8

26.0

27.7

2.03

***

2.16

***

1.06

ns

3.9

4.5

5.1

1.17

ns

1.33

*

1.13

ns

 

Mid

3.5

9.2

7.9

2.61

bl

2.25

**

0.86

ns

1.8

2.2

2.2

1.26

ns

1.22

ns

0.97

ns

Alc. Rel Dth

Low

8.1

31.6

21.1

3.91

***

2.62

***

0.67

*

1.7

2.3

1.8

1.37

*

1.04

ns

0.76

*

 

Mid

4.7

23.7

16.6

5.06

***

3.55

***

0.70

ns

1.4

2.0

1.6

1.42

*

1.14

ns

0.80

ns

Diabetes

Low

2.8

9.0

6.9

3.23

**

2.46

***

0.76

ns

2.2

3.6

2.5

1.65

ns

1.15

ns

0.70

ns

 

Mid

1.1

1.7

4.3

1.57

ns

4.04

**

2.57

ns

1.5

1.5

2.0

1.02

ns

1.34

ns

1.31

ns

Mental/neurol. Dis

Low

9.3

28.6

21.9

3.06

***

2.35

***

0.77

ns

2.0

3.4

2.2

1.71

**

1.11

ns

0.65

*

 

Mid

3.7

17.9

11.4

4.88

***

3.13

***

0.64

ns

1.4

2.5

1.6

1.80

**

1.17

ns

0.65

*

Ill Defined

Low

4.3

16.2

12.8

3.79

**

2.99

***

0.79

ns

1.7

2.3

2.1

1.35

ns

1.26

*

0.93

ns

 

Mid

2.1

6.1

6.9

2.95

ns

3.32

**

1.12

ns

1.3

1.5

1.6

1.11

ns

1.20

ns

1.08

ns

Suicide

Low

28.7

34.9

31.9

1.21

ns

1.11

ns

0.92

ns

2.3

2.0

2.0

0.87

ns

0.86

*

0.99

ns

 

Mid

14.6

16.4

18.6

1.12

ns

1.27

ns

1.13

ns

1.7

1.5

1.6

0.88

ns

0.94

ns

1.07

ns

Transport Acc.

Low

14.0

7.1

17.4

0.51

*

1.25

ns

2.44

**

2.7

2.1

2.1

0.76

ns

0.78

bl

1.03

ns

 

Mid

9.0

2.7

10.5

0.30

*

1.17

ns

3.90

**

2.1

1.4

1.7

0.66

ns

0.80

bl

1.20

ns

  1. Significance codes: 0 ‘***’ 0.001 ‘**’ 0.01 ‘*’ 0.05 ‘bl’ [borderline] 0.1 ‘ns’ [non significant] 1