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Table 4 Age-standardized mortality rates1 (per 100 000) by causes of death and socioeconomic strata, for the male population aged 20 years and older. Rate ratios in the low and middle socioeconomic strata use high stratum rates as reference. Campinas, 2004-2008.

From: Mortality among adults: gender and socioeconomic differences in a Brazilian city

Specific diseases and injuries

Low2

Middle2

High2

Rate Ratios (95% CI)3

 

a

b

c

a/c

b/c

Malignant neoplasms

   Stomach

49.27

42.25

36.91

1.33

1.14

 

(33)

(42)

(44)

(1.17-1.50)

(0.97-1.32)

   Lung

33.67

32.74

33.41

1.01

0.98

 

(23)

(32)

(41)

(0.82-1.20)

(0.79-1.17)

   Prostate4

65.45

48.09

47.42

1.38

1.01

 

(16)

(19)

(28)

(1.17-1.59)

(0.78-1.24)

Circulatory diseases

   Acute myocardial infarction

148.59

133.94

101.06

1.47

1.33

 

(109)

(130)

(121)

(1.37-1.57)

(1.22-1.43)

   Cerebrovascular diseases

105.55

95.05

70.72

1.49

1.34

 

(70)

(87)

(86)

(1.37-1.61)

(1.22-1.47)

Respiratory diseases

   Pneumonia

83.75

84.57

60.11

1.39

1.41

 

(55)

(73)

(72)

(1.26-1.52)

(1.28-1.54)

   Chronic lower respiratory diseases

48.62

57.23

36.98

1.31

1.55

 

(27)

(49)

(46)

(1.15-1.48)

(1.38-1.71)

External causes

   Traffic accidents

44.02

28.78

26.78

1.64

1.07

 

(50)

(31)

(28)

(1.45-1.83)

(0.87-1.28)

   Homicides

70.12

46.88

28.76

2.44

1.63

 

(88)

(52)

(29)

(2.27-2.61)

(1.45-1.81)

  1. 1 Age adjusted mortality rates were estimated by the direct method, using the 2000 Campinas total population age structure as the standard.
  2. 2 The number of deaths in each socioeconomic stratum is indicated in parenthesis.
  3. 3 Significant differences at the 5% level are indicated in bold type.
  4. 4 The mortality rates from prostate cancer are calculated for the male population aged 40 and older.