The Effect of Parity on Cause-Specific Mortality Among Married Men and Women

The objective of this study was to examine mortality differentials among men and women by parity for deaths from cardio-vascular disease (CVD), cancer and other causes. The census-based Israel Longitudinal Mortality Study II (1995–2004) was used to identify 71,733 married men and 62,822 married women (45–89 years). During the 9-year follow-up period, 19,347 deaths were reported. Cox proportional hazard models adjusted for age, origin, and social...