From: Trends and determinants of excess winter mortality in New Zealand: 1980 to 2000
p-value | Rate per 10,000 person years (No of deaths)* | Winter:non-winter ratio (95% CI)‡ Unadjusted | Winter:non-winter ratio relative to baseline category§ (95% CI)‡ | ||
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Winter | Non-winter | ||||
All | 33.7 (20664) | 27.4 (33576) | 1.24 (1.13, 1.36) | ||
Age (years): | |||||
0–4 | 0.1 (3) | 0.2 (18) | 0.33 (.09, 1.22) | 1.00† | |
5–14 | 0.1 (6) | 0.0 (8) | 1.50 (0.52, 4.31) | ||
15–29 | 0.4 (50) | 0.4 (112) | 0.89 (0.62, 1.27) | ||
30–59 | 6.8 (1678) | 6.2 (3065) | 1.05 (0.76, 1.46) | 1.30 (0.90, 1.90) | |
60–79 | 100.7 (8057) | 83.1 (13264) | 1.16 (0.95, 1.40) | 1.40 (1.00, 1.96) | |
80+ | 640.2 (10870) | 505.1 (17109) | 1.25 (1.13, 1.37) | 1.44 (0.99, 2.08) | p = .22 |
Gender: | |||||
Male | 33.8 (10148) | 28.0 (16773) | 1.28 (1.13, 1.46) | 1.00 | |
Female | 33.6 (10516) | 26.9 (16803) | 1.21 (1.06, 1.37) | 1.06 (0.94, 1.19) | p = .33 |
Ethnicity^: | |||||
Non-Maori | 32.3 (19071) | 26.2 (30797) | 1.27 (1.15, 1.40) | 1.00 | |
Maori | 55.8 (1593) | 46.7 (2779) | 1.18 (0.96, 1.44) | 0.93 (0.81, 1.07) | p = .32 |
NZDep96: | |||||
1–3 | 28.7 (4742) | 23.5 (7733) | 1.20 (1.01, 1.42) | 1.00 | |
4–6 | 34.2 (6325) | 27.9 (10292) | 1.23 (1.05, 1.45) | 1.07 (0.92, 1.24) | |
7–10 | 36.4 (9597) | 29.6 (15551) | 1.28 (1.10, 1.49) | 1.04 (0.90, 1.20) | p = .67 |
RHA: | |||||
North | 29.1 (6132) | 23.7 (9997) | 1.24 (1.03, 1.49) | 1.00 | |
Midland | 34.4 (4200) | 27.7 (6754) | 1.34 (1.11, 1.62) | 0.97 (0.83, 1.15) | |
Central | 35.7 (5338) | 28.7 (8563) | 1.17 (0.97, 1.42) | 1.00 (0.85, 1.18) | |
South | 38.2 (4994) | 31.7 (8262) | 1.21 (1.00, 1.48) | 0.96 (0.81, 1.13) | p = .93 |