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Table 5 Age-standardized mortality rates1 (per 100 000) by causes of death and socioeconomic strata, for the female population aged 20 years or 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

Low2

Middle2

High2

Rate Ratios (95% CI)3

 

a

b

c

a/c

b/c

Malignant neoplasms

   Breast

20.47

22.58

29.19

0.70

0.77

 

(19)

(28)

(47)

(0.48-0.92)

(0.56-0.99)

Circulatory diseases

   Acute myocardial infarction

88.27

72.40

45.79

1.93

1.58

 

(65)

(90)

(84)

(1.79-2.07)

(1.44-1.73)

   Cerebrovascular diseases

85.87

69.02

47.48

1.81

1.45

 

(61)

(85)

(93)

(1.67-1.95)

(1.31-1.60)

Respiratory diseases

   Pneumonia

67.45

49.57

36.73

1.84

1.35

 

(44)

(61)

(80)

(1.68-1.99)

(1.18-1.52)

   Chronic lower respiratory diseases

29.05

22.69

13.24

2.19

1.71

 

(20)

(26)

(27)

(1.94-2.45)

(1.45-1.98)

  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.