Compared with
never users, ever users of oral contraception had a
significantly lower rate of death from any cause (adjusted
relative risk 0.88, 95% confidence interval 0.82 to 0.93).
They also had significantly lower rates of death from all
cancers; large bowel/rectum, uterine body, and ovarian
cancer; main gynaecological cancers combined; all
circulatory disease; ischaemic heart disease; and all
other diseases