Table 1

Comparison of deprivation quintiles of local authorities in the assessment of (a) change in absolute coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality rates, (b) change in relative CHD mortality rates, (c) change in CHD mortality rate ratio between least and most deprived quintiles and (d) association between average annual percentage decline and deprivation, 1994–2008, Great Britain, n=408

(a) Absolute change in CHD mortality rates per 100 000
	Men				Women
	1994	2008	Change	95% CIs	1994	2008	Change	95% CIs
Q1	113	44	−69	–74 to –64	37	12	−26	−28 to −23
Q2	124	48	−77	–80 to –73	41	15	−25	−28 to −23
Q3	137	57	−80	–85 to –75	47	17	−30	−33 to −26
Q4	156	68	−89	–94 to –84	58	20	−37	−40 to −34
Q5	172	81	−92	–98 to –86	66	28	−39	−42 to −36
p For trend			<0.001		p For trend		<0.001
(b) Relative change in CHD mortality rates
	Men				Women
	% Change 1994–2008		95% CIs		% Change 1994–2008		95% CIs
Q1	−60		−62 to −58		−66		−69 to −62
Q2	−61		−63 to −59		−61		−64 to −57
Q3	−58		−59 to −56		−61		−64 to −57
Q4	−56		−58 to −54		−63		−66 to −60
Q5	−53		−55 to −50		−57		−60 to −54
p For trend			<0.001		p For trend		0.001
(c) Rate ratios (Q1=1.00)
	Men				Women
	1994	95% CIs	2008	95% CIs	1994	95% CIs	2008	95% CIs
Q2	1.10	1.06 to 1.14	1.09	1.03 to 1.15	1.08	1.02 to 1.15	1.29	1.17 to 1.42
Q3	1.21	1.17 to 1.25	1.30	1.23 to 1.37	1.25	1.18 to 1.32	1.46	1.33 to 1.60
Q4	1.38	1.34 to 1.43	1.54	1.47 to 1.62	1.55	1.47 to 1.63	1.74	1.60 to 1.90
Q5	1.52	1.47 to 1.57	1.84	1.76 to 1.93	1.77	1.68 to 1.86	2.32	2.14 to 2.52
(d) Average annual percentage decline in CHD mortality rates
	Men				Women
	Range		IQR		Range		IQR
Q1	−5.6 to −2.2		−4.7 to −3.9		−7.7 to −0.6		−5.3 to −4.0
Q2	−6.6 to −2.9		−4.9 to −4.0		−8.1 to −2.2		−5.5 to −4.2
Q3	−6.5 to −3.1		−4.7 to −4.0		−7.5 to −2.7		−5.1 to −4.1
Q4	−6.5 to −2.9		−4.7 to −4.0		−8.9 to −2.6		−5.3 to −4.0
Q5	−6.8 to −2.9		−4.6 to −3.9		−11.0 to −2.1		−5.4 to −4.1
r² For explanation of average annual decline by deprivation:			0.06				0.04
p For regression line			<0.001		p For regression line		<0.001