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

Renard, Françoise; Devleesschauwer, Brecht; Gadeyne, Sylvie; Tafforeau, Jean; Deboosere, Patrick

doi:10.1186/s13690-017-0212-x

Archives of Public Health

Table 4 All-cause and cause-specific premature mortality by region: low and mid versus high education level Rate Differences and Rate Ratio, females 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 Ratio									Rate Ratio
	Females		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	107.4	196.2	163.5	1.83	***	1.52	***	0.83	*	1.6	1.8	1.8	1.12	**	1.07	**	0.96	ns
		Mid	52.2	79.9	86.0	1.53	*	1.65	***	1.08	ns	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.02	ns	1.07	*	1.04	ns
	Avoidable	Low	76.4	135.0	108.3	1.77	***	1.42	***	0.80	*	1.7	1.9	1.8	1.09	bl	1.04	ns	0.96	ns
		Mid	35.7	49.4	56.3	1.38	ns	1.58	***	1.14	ns	1.3	1.3	1.4	0.99	ns	1.06	ns	1.07	ns
	Not Avoidable	Low	31.0	61.3	55.2	1.97	***	1.78	***	0.90	ns	1.5	1.8	1.7	1.18	*	1.13	**	0.96	ns
		Mid	16.6	30.5	29.7	1.84	bl	1.79	**	0.97	ns	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.09	ns	1.09	bl	0.99	ns
Broad Classes	ALL CANCERS	Low	30.3	56.3	39.1	1.86	**	1.29	*	0.69	*	1.3	1.5	1.4	1.12	*	1.05	ns	0.93	ns
		Mid	17.5	21.5	22.5	1.23	ns	1.28	ns	1.05	ns	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.00	ns	1.03	ns	1.03	ns
	ALL CIRCULAT. DIS.	Low	30.8	53.8	39.6	1.74	***	1.29	***	0.74	**	2.7	2.9	2.5	1.07	ns	0.93	ns	0.87	ns
		Mid	16.9	20.2	21.3	1.20	ns	1.26	bl	1.05	ns	1.9	1.7	1.8	0.89	ns	0.94	ns	1.06	ns
	OTH.NAT.DEATHS	Low	34.7	70.6	67.5	2.04	***	1.95	***	0.96	ns	2.1	2.3	2.2	1.09	ns	1.06	ns	0.97	ns
		Mid	13.8	32.0	34.2	2.32	**	2.48	***	1.07	ns	1.4	1.6	1.6	1.10	ns	1.13	bl	1.02	ns
	EXTERNAL CAUSES	Low	11.6	15.5	17.3	1.34	ns	1.50	bl	1.12	ns	1.6	1.5	1.6	0.96	ns	1.01	ns	1.06	ns
		Mid	4.1	6.2	7.9	1.52	ns	1.95	ns	1.28	ns	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.00	ns	1.06	ns	1.06	ns
Detailed	Lung Ca	Low	12.5	28.3	15.9	2.27	***	1.28	*	0.56	**	2.1	2.3	1.9	1.11	ns	0.90	ns	0.81	ns
		Mid	6.0	9.7	6.1	1.60	ns	1.00	ns	0.63	ns	1.5	1.5	1.3	0.95	ns	0.87	ns	0.92	ns
	Colorectal Ca	Low	1.9	0.2	1.5	0.12	ns	0.75	ns	6.10	ns	1.2	1.0	1.2	0.83	ns	0.95	ns	1.14	ns
		Mid	0.5	1.1	0.4	2.15	ns	0.81	ns	0.38	ns	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.03	ns	0.99	ns	0.96	ns
	Lip-Or.Cav-Phar.Ca	Low	0.6	3.1	1.2	5.27	**	2.00	ns	0.38	bl	1.5	5.3	1.8	3.62	*	1.23	ns	0.34	bl
		Mid	0.1	2.6	1.0	47.08	*	18.02	bl	0.38	ns	1.0	4.6	1.7	4.37	*	1.60	ns	0.37	ns
	Liver Cancer	Low	0.9	0.8	1.6	0.92	ns	1.76	ns	1.91	ns	1.7	1.4	2.5	0.83	ns	1.49	ns	1.80	ns
		Mid	0.3	0.1	1.8	0.27	ns	6.45	*	24.05	ns	1.2	1.0	2.7	0.85	ns	2.23	*	2.61	bl
	Breast Ca	Low	1.7	2.7	1.8	1.60	ns	1.09	ns	0.68	ns	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.02	ns	1.01	ns	0.99	ns
		Mid	1.7	−2.1	0.0	−1.23	ns	−0.01	ns	0.01	ns	1.1	0.9	1.0	0.89	ns	0.95	ns	1.06	ns
	Isc.Heart Dis.	Low	10.8	17.0	15.3	1.57	*	1.42	***	0.90	ns	3.5	3.0	3.2	0.87	ns	0.93	ns	1.07	ns
		Mid	5.4	4.1	7.0	0.77	ns	1.30	ns	1.70	ns	2.2	1.5	2.0	0.67	bl	0.90	ns	1.35	ns
	Cer.vasc.Dis/HTA	Low	8.3	13.0	9.0	1.56	bl	1.08	ns	0.69	ns	2.3	2.5	2.1	1.06	ns	0.90	ns	0.85	ns
		Mid	5.2	4.2	6.2	0.80	ns	1.18	ns	1.47	ns	1.8	1.5	1.8	0.80	ns	0.95	ns	1.19	ns
	C.o.p.d.	Low	5.6	10.5	12.4	1.89	**	2.22	***	1.17	ns	4.6	4.1	4.1	0.89	ns	0.89	ns	1.00	ns
		Mid	2.6	4.2	5.5	1.64	ns	2.14	**	1.30	ns	2.7	2.3	2.4	0.84	ns	0.90	ns	1.06	ns
	Alc. Rel Dth	Low	2.5	10.4	10.6	4.24	**	4.33	***	1.02	ns	1.4	2.2	2.0	1.53	*	1.38	**	0.91	ns
		Mid	2.0	8.4	6.9	4.21	*	3.46	***	0.82	ns	1.4	2.0	1.6	1.45	bl	1.21	ns	0.84	ns
	Diabetes	Low	2.1	3.2	2.9	1.53	ns	1.38	ns	0.90	ns	3.7	2.0	2.3	0.56	ns	0.62	ns	1.12	ns
		Mid	0.8	−0.8	0.8	−1.01	ns	0.98	ns	−0.97	ns	2.1	0.7	1.4	0.36	bl	0.66	ns	1.85	ns
	Mental/neurol. Dis	Low	5.0	7.5	10.6	1.49	ns	2.10	***	1.41	ns	1.7	2.0	2.0	1.23	ns	1.23	ns	1.00	ns
		Mid	1.8	5.9	4.9	3.25	bl	2.70	*	0.83	ns	1.2	1.8	1.5	1.46	ns	1.19	ns	0.82	ns
	Ill Defined	Low	0.8	4.5	4.8	5.64	*	6.01	***	1.06	ns	1.2	1.8	1.9	1.43	ns	1.55	*	1.08	ns
		Mid	−0.2	2.1	2.6	−8.94	ns	−11.09	**	1.24	ns	0.9	1.4	1.5	1.47	ns	1.62	*	1.10	ns
	Suicide	Low	4.4	4.3	4.9	0.97	ns	1.11	ns	1.14	ns	1.4	1.2	1.3	0.90	ns	0.97	ns	1.08	ns
		Mid	1.5	3.5	1.5	2.41	ns	1.00	ns	0.41	ns	1.1	1.2	1.1	1.05	ns	0.98	ns	0.93	ns
	Transport Acc.	Low	3.4	2.8	5.7	0.83	ns	1.66	ns	1.99	ns	2.1	2.1	2.1	0.97	ns	0.96	ns	0.99	ns
		Mid	0.9	−1.5	2.1	−1.72	*	2.43	ns	−1.41	*	1.3	0.4	1.4	0.34	bl	1.08	ns	3.13	bl

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

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