Descriptives of the study: numbers of deaths and population size and age-standardised mortality rates by sex and educational level, Colombia, 1998–2012
| Sex | Educational level* | Cancer deaths† | Population size | ASMR‡ (95% CIs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Primary | 50 126 | 67 815 336 | 54.0 (53.5 to 54.5) |
| Secondary | 22 273 | 67 742 806 | 45.1 (44.4 to 45.8) | |
| Tertiary | 9493 | 30 715 631 | 41.4 (40.5 to 42.3) | |
| Total | 81 892 | 166 273 773 | 48.9 (48.8 to 49.1) | |
| Women | Primary | 65 336 | 68 637 666 | 64.7 (64.2 to 65.2) |
| Secondary | 30 414 | 72 387 214 | 54.2 (53.5 to 54.9) | |
| Tertiary | 10 449 | 35 149 442 | 47.2 (46.2 to 48.3) | |
| Total | 106 199 | 176 174 322 | 57.8 (57.6 to 58.0) |
*Educational attainment values registered after final imputation. Primary=up to elementary or primary school; secondary=any level of high school; tertiary=any level of postsecondary education after high school including college and university.
†Cancer deaths after imputation.
‡ASMR: Age standardised mortality rates per 100 000 population; Estimates (WHO standard population, 1997) for educational level combine results from five databases generated by multiple imputations, appropriately reflecting uncertainty attributable to missing values.