Religious affiliation and mortality in Northern Ireland: beyond Catholic and Protestant.
There has been little recent research in Europe exploring the relationship between religion and health. In Northern Ireland previous analysis has tended to divide the population dichotomously as Catholic and Protestant, ignoring the diversity inherent in the Protestant community. This study used a census-based longitudinal study of the enumerated population with five-years follow-up (covering the period 2001-2006) to examine variation in overall and cause-specific mortality by religious affiliation within Northern Ireland. Six groups were defined: Catholics; Presbyterians; Church of Ireland; Methodists; Other (mostly fundamentalist) Christians; and 'Other/not-stated'. Catholics had higher mortality than non-Catholics, though this disappeared after adjustment for socio-economic status. Church of Ireland members had the highest overall mortality in the fully adjusted models, due to their2011, Johnson had been exchanging heated text messages about a girl with Paul Hughes, 18, of South Barber Avenue, said police.

Hughes reportedly texted Johnson that he was at the basketball courts behind the Woodbury Child Development Center and that they should meet and handle the issue “like men,” police said.

Johnson Jr. drove over to the basketball courts, with his 66-year-old father in the passenger seat, police said.

The younger Johnson and Hughes fought at about 7:30 p.m. When it appeared his son might be losing, according to police, the older Johnson got involved. Some witnesses insisted he was trying to assault Hughes, while others said he was attempting to break up the fight.

The Johnsons retreated into the car, and Johnson Jr. allegedly backed up with his driver’s door still