Table 3 Association between single social risk factors and deaths from all-cancers combined, tobacco-related cancers, screening-detectable cancers, all-causes, and site-specific cancers, NHANES III Mortality Follow-up study: 1988–1994 to 2006

N

HR^a (95 % CI)

N

Rate/1000 y (95 % CI)

N

Rate/1000 y (95 % CI)

Low family income

188

2.1 (1.6-2.8)

95

4.5 (3.7-5.5)

41

2.0 (1.4-2.7)

Low educational level

390

1.2 (0.9-1.5)

165

3.5 (3.0-4.1)

105

2.2 (1.8-2.7)

Minority racial/ethnic group

357

1.3 (1.0-1.5)

162

2.9 (2.4-3.3)

96

1.7 (1.4-2.1)

Single-living

263

1.0 (0.8-1.3)

124

3.5 (2.9-4.2)

58

1.6 (1.2-2.1)

N

Rate/1000 y

HR^a

N

Rate/1000 y

HR^a

N

Rate/1000 y

HR^b

N

Rate/1000 y

HR^b

(95 % CI)

(95 % CI)

(95 % CI)

(95 % CI)

(95 % CI)

(95 % CI)

(95 % CI)

(95 % CI)

Low family income

66

3.1 (2.4-4.0)

2.7 (1.7-4.3)

10

0.5 (0.2-0.9)

0.8 (0.2-3.2)

14

0.7 (0.4-1.1)

1.2 (0.5-3.0)

12

0.7 (0.3-0.1)

1.1 (0.6-2.3)

Low educational level

119

2.5 (2.1-3.0)

1.3 (0.9-1.9)

34

0.7 (0.5-1.0)

1.3 (0.5-3.3)

43

0.9 (0.7-1.2)

2.5 (0.9-7.0)

21

0.5 (0.3-0.8)

3.0 (1.3-6.9)

Minority racial/ethnic group

109

1.9 (1.6-2.3)

1.3 (0.8-2.1)

34

0.6 (0.4-0.8)

1.4 (0.7-2.7)

32

0.6 0.4-0.8

1.7 (0.8-3.5)

25

0.5 (0.3-0.7)

2.5 (0.8-8.2)

Single-living

81

2.3 (1.8-2.9)

1.1 (0.7-1.6)

22

0.6 (0.4-0.9)

0.7 (0.3-1.3)

13

0.4 (0.2-0.6)

0.9 (0.3-2.9)

19

0.6 (0.4-0.9)

0.8 (0.4-1.8)