Table 3
Age-standardized mortality rates per 100,000 person-years at risk for selected causes of death, by educational attainment, female cohort members aged 25 or older at baseline, Canada 1991 to 2006

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Table 3
Age-standardized mortality rates per 100,000 person-years at risk for selected causes of death, by educational attainment, female cohort members aged 25 or older at baseline, Canada 1991 to 2006
Table summary
This table displays the results of age-standardized mortality rates per 100. The information is grouped by cause of death (appearing as row headers), total, university degree, post-secondary diploma, secondary graduation, less than secondary graduation, rr, rd, excess and % excess (appearing as column headers).
Cause of death Total University degree Post-secondary diploma Secondary graduation Less than secondary graduation RR RD Excess % excess
All causes 869.4 677.7 736.6 820.9 977.7 1.44Note * 300.0Note * 191.7 22.0
Communicable diseases 34.2 27.2 29.0 31.7 39.0 1.43Note * 11.8Note * 7.0 20.4
HIV/AIDS 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.9 3.21Note * 0.6Note * 0.2 40.9
Respiratory infections 21.8 17.1 19.1 20.7 23.9 1.40Note * 6.9Note * 4.7 21.7
Non-communicable diseases 748.0 581.2 639.4 710.1 835.0 1.44Note * 253.8Note * 166.8 22.3
Malignant neoplasms 273.3 231.1 250.1 272.6 294.8 1.28Note * 63.7Note * 42.2 15.5
Stomach cancer 6.8 4.8 5.5 6.1 8.0 1.64Note * 3.1Note * 2.0 29.4
Colon and rectal cancers 28.0 23.8 26.7 27.9 29.8 1.25Note * 5.9Note * 4.2 14.8
Liver cancer 4.3 3.2 4.0 3.8 4.9 1.57Note * 1.8 1.1 26.1
Pancreatic cancer 14.9 11.0 13.4 15.6 15.5 1.41Note * 4.5Note * 3.9 26.2
Trachea, bronchus, and lung cancers 61.7 29.2 45.1 59.3 77.0 2.64Note * 47.8Note * 32.4 52.6
Female breast cancer 49.2 57.2 51.1 51.8 46.0 0.80Note * -11.2Note * -8.1 -16.4
Cervix uteri cancer 3.8 2.3 2.8 3.3 5.3 2.36Note * 3.1Note * 1.5 40.5
Ovarian cancer 14.5 15.3 14.9 14.7 14.1 0.92 -1.2 -0.8 -5.9
Diabetes mellitus 24.3 11.6 14.3 18.4 32.1 2.78Note * 20.5Note * 12.8 52.5
Neuropsychiatric conditions 55.9 57.3 53.0 55.2 58.5 1.02 1.2 -1.3 -2.4
Alcohol use disorders 1.5 0.8 0.9 1.2 2.3 2.77Note * 1.5 0.6 43.2
Alzheimer's disease and other dementias 36.7 36.3 35.5 36.5 37.1 1.02 0.8 0.3 0.9
Cardiovascular diseases 280.4 204.3 231.3 258.5 315.6 1.54Note * 111.3Note * 76.0 27.1
Ischemic heart disease 142.0 97.1 111.6 129.0 162.5 1.67Note * 65.4Note * 44.8 31.6
Cerebrovascular disease 64.0 52.9 57.0 61.6 69.1 1.31Note * 16.2Note * 11.1 17.4
Respiratory diseases 42.5 23.6 32.4 37.4 51.2 2.17Note * 27.6Note * 18.9 44.4
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 30.1 14.2 21.8 25.9 36.7 2.59Note * 22.5Note * 15.9 52.9
Digestive diseases 32.3 22.4 24.2 31.4 38.0 1.69Note * 15.6Note * 9.9 30.6
Cirrhosis of the liver 7.1 3.8 4.5 6.7 9.6 2.55Note * 5.9Note * 3.3 46.8
Injuries 31.2 29.4 30.3 30.2 36.2 1.23Note * 6.8Note * 1.9 6.0
Unintentional injuries 24.4 24.0 23.9 23.2 27.9 1.16Note * 3.9 0.4 1.5
Road traffic accidents 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.2 4.3 1.18 0.6 -0.1 -3.1
Intentional injuries 6.9 5.4 6.4 7.0 8.3 1.55Note * 3.0Note * 1.5 21.9
Suicide 6.0 4.5 6.0 6.0 7.1 1.58Note * 2.6Note * 1.5 25.6
Smoking-related diseases 100.8 49.7 74.0 94.3 124.2 2.50Note * 74.5Note * 51.1 50.7
Alcohol-related diseases 5.7 2.9 3.7 5.6 8.0 2.75Note * 5.1Note * 2.8 49.1
Drug-related diseases 4.5 2.6 3.6 4.3 6.9 2.68Note * 4.3Note * 1.9 43.0
Amenable to medical intervention (younger than 75) 65.6 58.8 57.6 64.2 72.8 1.24Note * 14.0Note * 6.8 10.4
* significantly different from rate for university degree (p< 0.05)
RR = rate ratio (less than secondary graduation / university degree)
RD = rate difference (less than secondary graduation - university degree)
Excess = (total - university degree)
% excess = [100 * (total - university degree)/total]
Note: Reference population (person-years at risk) for age-standardization was taken from internal cohort age distribution (5-year age groups).
Source: 1991 to 2006 Canadian census mortality and cancer follow-up study.