Table 3 Age-sex specific rate ratios (with 95% CI) for blue-collar workers and full-time housewives (with respect to white-collar workers)
Age(years)WomenMen
Blue-collar workersHousewivesBlue-collar workers
25–295.2 (3.7 to 7.3)5.1 (3.3 to 7.7)5.9 (2.5 to 13.5)
30–344.9 (3.8 to 6.3)4.6 (3.4 to 6.0)3.5 (2.2 to 5.8)
35–394.4 (3.6 to 5.4)4.5 (3.6 to 5.5)7.1 (4.4 to 11.6)
40–443.5 (3.0 to 4.2)3.6 (3.0 to 4.3)6.0 (4.0 to 9.2)
45–495.0 (4.3 to 5.9)4.6 (3.9 to 5.4)4.7 (3.4 to 6.5)
50–544.0 (3.4 to 4.7)3.4 (3.0 to 4.0)3.6 (2.6 to 5.0)
55–593.6 (2.9 to 4.6)2.9 (2.3 to 3.6)5.1 (3.4 to 7.6)
  • All statistical comparisons with white-collar counterparts (reference categories) were highly significant (p<0.001, z test).