Table 2

Mortality from selected causes among men

Cause of death (ICD-9)	Italy	Spain	Slovenia	Ukraine	Pooled cohort
All causes:
Obs	547	1535	569	98	2749
SMR	0.90	1.14	1.18	0.90	1.08
95% CI	0.83 to 0.98	1.09 to 1.20	1.09 to 1.28	0.73 to 1.09	1.04 to 1.12
Hypertension (401–405):
Obs	8	31	4	6	49
SMR	0.58	2.78	0.50	9.38	1.46
95% CI	0.25 to 1.14	1.89 to 3.95	0.14 to 1.29	3.44 to 20.4	1.08 to 1.93
Ischaemic heart disease (410–414):
Obs	46	103	99	11	259
SMR	0.45	0.69	1.66	0.44	0.77
95% CI	0.33 to 0.60	0.57 to 0.84	1.35 to 2.02	0.22 to 0.79	0.68 to 0.87
Cerebrovascular diseases (430–438):
Obs	45	179	31	6	261
SMR	0.61	1.17	0.71	0.53	0.93
95% CI	0.45 to 0.82	1.01 to 1.35	0.48 to 1.01	0.19 to 1.15	0.82 to 1.05
Other diseases of the heart (415–429^2-150):
Obs	58	169	44	0	271
SMR	1.31	1.51	1.08	[2.64]	1.36
95% CI	1.00 to 1.70	1.29 to 1.76	0.78 to 1.45	0 to 1.40	1.20 to 1.53
Nephritis, nephrosis (580–589):
Obs	6	36	4	0	46
SMR	1.11	1.69	1.60	[0.56]	1.55
95% CI	0.41 to 2.42	1.18 to 2.34	0.44 to 4.10	0 to 6.59	1.13 to 2.06

Expected numbers of deaths are reported in square brackets when observed = 0.
Obs=number of observed deaths; SMR=standardised mortality ratio.
↵2-150 Excluding 415.1.