| Heavy metals†| Men | Women | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cause (ICD-9) |  | obs§ | RR§§ | 95% CI | obs§ | RR§§ | 95% CI | ||
Acute Myocardic Infarction (AMI; 410) ‡ | I | 40 | 1.00 | - | - | 13 | 1.00 | - | - |
 | II | 29 | 0.76 | 0.44 | 1.30 | 15 | 1.08 | 0.48 | 2.41 |
 | III | 33 | 0.84 | 0.53 | 1.33 | 12 | 0.96 | 0.44 | 2.10 |
 | IV | 36 | 0.81 | 0.51 | 1.28 | 16 | 1.40 | 0.66 | 2.98 |
Chronic heart failure (CHF; 428.0, 428.2, 428.9) ‡ | I | 30 | 1.00 | - | - | 27 | 1.00 | - | - |
 | II | 55 | 2.03* | 1.25 | 3.29 | 24 | 1.04 | 0.58 | 1.87 |
 | III | 32 | 1.07 | 0.65 | 1.76 | 28 | 1.05 | 0.62 | 1.78 |
 | IV | 26 | 0.78 | 0.46 | 1.33 | 38 | 1.48 | 0.90 | 2.46 |
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD; 490-496; esc. 493) ‡ | I | 28 | 1.00 | - | - | 31 | 1.00 | - | - |
 | II | 39 | 1.46 | 0.85 | 2.50 | 24 | 0.69 | 0.38 | 1.27 |
 | III | 39 | 1.41 | 0.87 | 2.29 | 26 | 0.87 | 0.51 | 1.46 |
 | IV | 45 | 1.43 | 0.89 | 2.31 | 18 | 0.63 | 0.35 | 1.14 |
Acute Respiratory Diseases (460-466; 480-487) | I | 67 | 1.00 | - | - | 70 | 1.00 | - | - |
 | II | 73 | 0.98 | 0.67 | 1.42 | 65 | 0.83 | 0.56 | 1.22 |
 | III | 80 | 1.18 | 0.86 | 1.64 | 63 | 0.91 | 0.65 | 1.28 |
 | IV | 63 | 0.89 | 0.63 | 1.27 | 90 | 1.29 | 0.94 | 1.78 |
Asthma (493) ‡ | I | 6 | 1.00 | - | - | 10 | 1.00 | - | - |
 | II | 5 | 1.15 | 0.33 | 4.09 | 3 | 0.50 | 0.14 | 1.86 |
 | III | 1 | 0.19 | 0.02 | 1.58 | 5 | 0.59 | 0.20 | 1.74 |
 | IV | 6 | 1.16 | 0.36 | 3.71 | 9 | 1.01 | 0.40 | 2.55 |