Table 2 Mortality ratesa and relative indices of inequality related to education by cancer site among women, by population

From: Educational differences in cancer mortality among women and men: a gender pattern that differs across Europe

 

All cancers

Lung

UADT

Leukaemia and Hodgkin's disease

Breast

Cervix

 

MR

RII (95% CI)

MR

RII (95% CI)

MR

RII (95% CI)

MR

RII (95% CI)

MR

RII (95% CI)

MR

RII (95% CI)

Madrid

242

0.89 (0.74–1.08)

15

0.34 (0.17–0.65)

5

1.02 (0.27–3.79)

8

0.94 (0.34–2.62)

48

0.51 (0.35–0.74)

5

4.87 (0.92–25.90)

Basque region

178

0.63 (0.54–0.75)

13

0.29 (0.17–0.48)

4

0.76 (0.26–2.25)

5

0.73 (0.28–1.92)

36

0.61 (0.43–0.86)

3

4.31 (0.79–23.49)

Barcelona

246

1.04 (0.94–1.16)

16

0.49 (0.34–0.69)

5

0.79 (0.40–1.56)

8

1.20 (0.66–2.19)

51

0.79 (0.64–0.97)

5

1.43 (0.71–2.91)

Slovenia

302

0.93 (0.87–1.00)

29

0.49 (0.40–0.61)

5

1.56 (0.89–2.74)

8

0.73 (0.48–1.10)

57

0.69 (0.59–0.80)

9

2.10 (1.39–3.17)

Turin

284

1.12 (0.98–1.27)

32

0.74 (0.52–1.06)

6

1.16 (0.49–2.77)

10

0.95 (0.49–1.82)

61

0.93 (0.72–1.20)

3

7.77 (1.48–40.86)

Switzerland

263

1.21 (1.16–1.26)

29

1.35 (1.20–1.52)

7

1.28 (1.00–1.63)

8

1.05 (0.84–1.31)

59

0.96 (0.88–1.04)

5

1.78 (1.33–2.38)

France

239

1.30 (1.08–1.57)

18

0.84 (0.45–1.55)

7

4.41 (1.38–14.08)

8

0.87 (0.31–2.48)

54

1.19 (0.82–1.71)

4

3.05 (0.65–14.45)

Belgium

276

1.17 (1.11–1.23)

26

1.61 (1.35–1.93)

7

0.88 (0.64–1.20)

9

1.10 (0.82–1.47)

66

0.83 (0.75–0.91)

5

2.36 (1.58–3.51)

Denmark

356

1.33 (1.26–1.40)

80

2.31 (2.05–2.60)

11

1.60 (1.17–2.19)

8

1.09 (0.77–1.55)

67

0.83 (0.74–0.93)

9

2.26 (1.61–3.16)

Norway

303

1.38 (1.32–1.44)

43

2.77 (2.45–3.14)

6

1.94 (1.40–2.69)

7

0.89 (0.66–1.19)

51

0.78 (0.70–0.86)

9

3.28 (2.52–4.27)

Sweden

271

1.31 (1.27–1.35)

37

1.79 (1.63–1.96)

5

1.70 (1.33–2.17)

8

0.98 (0.81–1.18)

45

0.88 (0.82–0.95)

5

2.59 (2.02–3.32)

Finland

257

1.20 (1.15–1.26)

24

1.85 (1.56–2.21)

6

2.00 (1.41–2.82)

9

1.10 (0.84–1.44)

46

0.85 (0.76–0.94)

4

3.47 (2.20–5.46)

Interactionb

 

<0.005

 

<0.005

 

<0.005

 

NS

 

NS

 

NS

 

Stomach

Liver

Kidney and bladder

Pancreas

Colorectum

Other

 

MR

RII (95% CI)

MR

RII (95% CI)

MR

RII (95% CI)

MR

RII (95% CI)

MR

RII (95% CI)

MR

RII (95% CI)

Madrid

17

2.41 (0.97–5.97)

12

0.68 (0.27–1.68)

6

0.64 (0.18–2.26)

12

0.73 (0.31–1.74)

32

1.19 (0.67–2.10)

83

1.29 (0.91–1.83)

Basque region

11

1.80 (0.76–4.24)

7

1.29 (0.43–3.89)

6

0.54 (0.21–1.40)

10

0.38 (0.19–0.75)

20

0.77 (0.44–1.33)

62

0.63 (0.47–0.85)

Barcelona

11

2.02 (1.17–3.50)

12

1.63 (0.97–2.76)

6

1.26 (0.64–2.47)

11

0.67 (0.43–1.05)

32

1.36 (1.00–1.84)

74

1.30 (1.07–1.57)

Slovenia

24

1.51 (1.15–1.99)

7

1.55 (0.93–2.59)

9

0.64 (0.42–0.96)

16

0.86 (0.63–1.18)

38

1.28 (1.03–1.59)

100

1.04 (0.92–1.18)

Turin

13

3.16 (1.48–6.71)

10

2.77 (1.16–6.59)

8

2.52 (0.94–6.75)

15

1.25 (0.69–2.24)

34

0.97 (0.67–1.41)

93

1.17 (0.94–1.47)

Switzerland

9

2.34 (1.86–2.95)

5

1.49 (1.10–2.03)

11

1.89 (1.54–2.32)

16

1.27 (1.08–1.50)

26

1.02 (0.90–1.16)

89

1.23 (1.15–1.32)

France

8

4.95 (1.24–19.68)

6

1.59 (0.45–5.63)

8

0.96 (0.35–2.64)

12

1.86 (0.73–4.70)

27

1.24 (0.70–2.17)

86

1.26 (0.93–1.72)

Belgium

10

2.44 (1.74–3.41)

5

1.38 (0.90–2.11)

11

1.68 (1.24–2.28)

13

1.31 (1.01–1.70)

34

1.24 (1.05–1.45)

90

1.22 (1.11–1.34)

Denmark

7

1.51 (1.01–2.25)

5

1.72 (1.10–2.70)

14

1.80 (1.35–2.40)

17

0.94 (0.74–1.19)

40

1.18 (1.01–1.39)

100

1.23 (1.12–1.36)

Norway

12

1.77 (1.41–2.20)

2

1.32 (0.79–2.18)

12

2.09 (1.66–2.62)

18

1.39 (1.16–1.67)

42

1.25 (1.11–1.41)

100

1.26 (1.17–1.36)

Sweden

9

1.83 (1.53–2.20)

7

1.80 (1.45–2.24)

12

1.71 (1.46–2.01)

19

1.23 (1.09–1.39)

29

1.31 (1.18–1.45)

96

1.29 (1.22–1.37)

Finland

14

1.39 (1.12–1.73)

7

1.81 (1.31–2.50)

10

1.10 (0.85–1.41)

20

1.45 (1.20–1.75)

24

1.03 (0.88–1.21)

93

1.21 (1.12–1.32)

Interactionb

 

NS

 

NS

 

<0.005

 

<0.005

 

NS

 

<0.005

  1. MR=mortality rates; RII=relative indices of inequality; UADT=upper aerodigestive tract.
  2. a Age-adjusted mortality rates using direct standardisation, per 100 000 person years.
  3. bP-value for interaction test between education and population.