Table 3 Age-standardised mortality rates per 100,000 person years and mortality rate ratios by educational level for epilepsy in 2000–2015 among women in the 30–74 age group.

From: Educational inequalities in epilepsy mortality in the Baltic countries and Finland in 2000–2015

Country

Educational level

ASMR (95% CI)

Change 2008–2015 vs. 2000–2007

p − value

Rate ratio (95% CI)

2000–2007

2008–2015

2000–2007

2008–2015

Finland

High

0.4 (0.2–0.7)

0.5 (0.3–0.7)

0.1

0.803

1

1

Mid

1.0 (0.7–1.3)

1.3 (1.0–1.6)

0.3

0.234

2.5 (1.4–4.4)

2.7 (1.7–4.5)

Low

3.4 (2.6–4.1)

3.9 (3.0–4.8)

0.5

0.424

8.2 (4.8–14.1)

8.1 (5.0–13.2)

Estonia

High

1.5 (0.8–2.2)

0.4 (0.0–0.7)

 − 1.1

0.007

1

1

Mid

1.5 (0.9–2.1)

0.9 (0.4–1.5)

 − 0.6

0.191

1.0 (0.5–2.0)

2.5 (0.9–7.0)

Low

7.1 (3.8–10.4)

8.4 (4.2–12.6)

1.3

0.646

3.3 (1.7–6.5)

16.2 (5.9–44.4)

Latvia

High

0.2 (0.0–0.4)

0.2 (0.0–0.5)

0.0

0.803

1

1

Mid

0.8 (0.5–1.2)

0.8 (0.5–1.1)

0.0

0.826

4.0 (1.0–17.0)

3.3 (1.0–11.1)

Low

5.3 (3.1–7.5)

4.1 (1.9–6.4)

 − 1.2

0.465

25.4 (6.0–107.8)

19.2 (5.6–66.0)

Lithuania

High

0.6 (0.2–1.0)

0.5 (0.2–0.9)

 − 0.1

0.857

1

1

Mid

1.1 (0.8–1.4)

0.8 (0.5–1.0)

 − 0.3

0.097

1.8 (0.9–3.9)

1.5 (0.7–3.0)

Low

5.7 (3.3–8.2)

6.1 (3.8–8.3)

0.4

0.826

7.2 (3.2–16.2)

11.7 (5.8–23.9)

  1. ASMR age-standardised mortality rate per 100,000 person years, CI confidence interval.