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Table 5 Decomposition of the total population attributable fraction in specific causes of death by region in Belgians aged 25–64 at census 2001, 10 years follow up

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

  

PAF, Fla

PAF, Bxl

PAF, Wal

Bxl vs Fla

p

Wal vs Fla

p

Wal vs Bxl

p

MALES

 All-Cause

ALL CAUSES

37.6%

42.4%

41.7%

1.13

*

1.11

***

0.98

ns

Avoidable

28.9%

30.5%

30.0%

1.05

ns

1.04

ns

0.99

ns

Not Avoidable

8.7%

12.0%

11.6%

1.37

**

1.33

***

0.97

ns

 Broad Classes

ALL CANCERS

12.3%

12.4%

11.0%

1.01

ns

0.90

bl

0.89

ns

ALL CIRCULAT. DIS.

9.1%

9.9%

9.3%

1.09

ns

1.02

ns

0.94

ns

OTH.NAT.DEATHS

9.4%

14.7%

14.7%

1.56

***

1.56

***

1.00

ns

EXTERNAL CAUSES

6.9%

5.4%

6.7%

0.79

bl

0.97

ns

1.23

ns

 Detailed

Lung Ca

7.0%

5.3%

6.0%

0.76

**

0.85

**

1.12

ns

Colorectal Ca

0.5%

0.9%

0.3%

1.59

ns

0.54

ns

0.34

bl

Lip-Or.Cav-Phar.Ca

0.8%

1.1%

0.8%

1.39

ns

0.95

ns

0.69

ns

LiverCancer

0.2%

0.4%

0.3%

2.02

ns

1.20

ns

0.59

ns

Prostate Ca

0.2%

0.0%

0.2%

0.10

ns

1.26

ns

12.11

ns

Isc.Heart Dis.

4.5%

4.6%

4.6%

1.01

ns

1.02

ns

1.01

ns

Cer.vasc.Dis/HTA

1.4%

1.7%

1.6%

1.21

ns

1.11

ns

0.92

ns

C.o.p.d.

2.0%

2.6%

2.8%

1.26

bl

1.38

***

1.09

ns

Alc. Rel Dth

1.4%

3.0%

2.6%

2.18

***

1.89

***

0.87

ns

Diabetes

0.4%

0.8%

0.8%

1.73

bl

1.70

**

0.98

ns

Mental/neurol. Dis

1.4%

2.5%

2.6%

1.81

**

1.82

***

1.01

ns

Ill Defined

0.7%

1.4%

1.5%

1.95

bl

2.06

***

1.06

ns

Suicide

3.4%

2.8%

3.1%

0.83

ns

0.91

ns

1.10

ns

Transport Acc.

1.8%

0.6%

1.6%

0.36

***

0.94

ns

2.61

**

FEMALES

 All-Cause

ALL CAUSES

29.5%

33.6%

35.4%

1.14

ns

1.20

***

1.05

ns

Avoidable

20.2%

22.1%

22.9%

1.09

ns

1.13

bl

1.04

ns

Not Avoidable

9.3%

11.6%

12.5%

1.24

ns

1.35

**

1.08

ns

 Broad Classes

ALL CANCERS

8.6%

8.7%

8.5%

1.01

ns

0.99

ns

0.98

ns

ALL CIRCULAT. DIS.

9.4%

9.0%

8.8%

0.95

ns

0.94

ns

0.99

ns

OTH.NAT.DEATHS

9.5%

13.6%

15.3%

1.44

**

1.61

***

1.12

ns

EXTERNAL CAUSES

2.1%

2.4%

2.8%

1.15

ns

1.36

ns

1.18

ns

 Detailed

Lung Ca

3.4%

4.1%

3.2%

1.20

ns

0.93

ns

0.77

ns

Colorectal Ca

0.5%

−0.1%

0.3%

−0.13

ns

0.55

ns

−4.18

ns

Lip-Or.Cav-Phar.Ca

0.1%

0.5%

0.3%

3.73

*

2.15

ns

0.58

ns

LiverCancer

0.3%

0.1%

0.4%

0.41

ns

1.45

ns

3.52

ns

Breast Ca

0.4%

0.4%

0.3%

0.89

ns

0.76

ns

0.85

ns

Isc.Heart Dis.

3.4%

2.7%

3.3%

0.79

ns

0.96

ns

1.21

ns

Cer.vasc.Dis/HTA

2.4%

2.1%

2.1%

0.89

ns

0.86

ns

0.96

ns

C.o.p.d.

1.8%

2.0%

2.7%

1.10

ns

1.49

***

1.36

bl

Alc. Rel Dth

0.8%

2.2%

2.2%

2.93

**

2.94

***

1.00

ns

Diabetes

0.6%

0.4%

0.6%

0.70

ns

1.06

ns

1.51

ns

Mental/neurol. Dis

1.2%

2.0%

2.3%

1.66

ns

1.91

**

1.15

ns

Ill Defined

0.2%

0.9%

1.2%

4.26

ns

5.77

***

1.35

ns

Suicide

0.6%

0.9%

0.7%

1.33

ns

1.02

ns

0.76

ns

Transport Acc.

0.5%

0.0%

0.7%

0.06

ns

1.37

ns

21.44

bl

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