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Table 2 Crude associations of occupation category and key covariates with mortality from ‘phthisis’

From: Working conditions and tuberculosis mortality in England and Wales, 1890–1912: a retrospective analysis of routinely collected data

Variable

Crude Rate Ratio (95 % CI)

p value

Occupation Category

Unexposed

Referent

<0.0001

Exposed

1.13 (1.03–1.24)

Uncategorised

1.64 (1.53–1.76)

Age in years

15–19

0.29 (0.26–0.32)

<0.0001

20–24

0.78 (0.72–0.84)

25–34

Referent

35–44

1.30 (1.23–1.38)

45–54

1.38 (1.29–1.47)

55–64

1.15 (1.06–1.24)

>65

0.63 (0.56–0.72)

Socioeconomic position

1 (highest)

1.25 (1.12–1.39)

<0.0001

2

1.24 (1.14–1.36)

3

1.42 (1.32–1.53)

4

Referent

5 (lowest)

1.83 (1.71–1.97)

Period

1890–1892

Referent

<0.0001

1900–1902

0.82 (0.77–0.88)

1910–1912

0.71 (0.67–0.76)