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Table 2 Numbers of deaths, age standardized mortality rates, and relative risks comparing lower to higher educational level for total, amenable and non-amenable mortality, by country

From: Socioeconomic inequalities in mortality from conditions amenable to medical interventions: do they reflect inequalities in access or quality of health care?

Country

 

Total mortality

 

Non amenable causes

Amenable causes of death

 

No. of deaths

ASMR*

RR (CI95)

Nr of deaths

RR (CI95)

Nr of deaths

RR (CI95)

  

Lowereducation

Highereducation

     

Western Europe

        

Belgium

283349

1101.04

879.33

1.35 (1.33–1.36)

219916

1.35 (1.33–1.37)

63433

1.35 (1.33–1.37)

Switzerland

255275

928.42

822.37

1.35 (1.34–1.37)

151351

1.34 (1.33–1.36)

103924

1.37 (1.35–1.39)

Nordic countries

        

Sweden

393038

910.59

711.21

1.30 (1.29–1.31)

211683

1.23 (1.22–1.24)

181355

1.39 (1.38–1.40)

Finland

270232

1208.20

900.75

1.38 (1.36–1.39)

138377

1.33 (1.32–1.35)

131855

1.45 (1.43–1.47)

Denmark

136064

1229.15

945.3

1.32 (1.31–1.34)

88658

1.32 (1.30–1.33)

47406

1.34 (1.31–1.37)

Norway

213022

1131.82

870.68

1.35 (1.34–1.36)

109988

1.30 (1.29–1.32)

103034

1.40 (1.38–1.42)

Southern Europe

        

Italy (Turin)

50621

966.18

844.96

1.27 (1.24–1.30)

32995

1.29 (1.25–1.33)

17626

1.24 (1.19–1.29)

Spain (Barcelona)

77101

1012.27

949.97

1.23 (1.21–1.25

49540

1.26 (1.24–1.29)

27561

1.19 (1.15–1.22)

Spain (Madrid region)

22588

730.66

706.06

1.22 (1.17–1.26)

14546

1.25 (1.19–1.30)

8042

1.17 (1.11–1.25)

Spain (Basque country)

41813

631.02

666.00

1.09 (1.06–1.12)

27215

1.12 (1.08–1.16)

14598

1.04 (1.00–1.09)

Baltic region

        

Estonia

60873

1914.96

1169.01

1.43 (1.40–1.45)

27955

1.40 (1.36–1.43)

32918

1.45 (1.42–1.49)

Lithuania

78399

1883.58

939.51

1.67 (1.64–1.88)

37613

1.70 (1.66–1.74)

40786

1.66 (1.62–1.70)

Central and Eastern Europe

        

Slovenia

101557

1242.52

1082.34

1.43 (1.41–1.45)

57021

1.45(1.43–1.48)

44536

1.41 (1.38–1.44)

Poland

717743

1288.73

704.56

1.87 (1.86–1.88)

397948

1.85 (1.84–1.87)

319795

1.88 (1.86–1.89)

Czech republic

344973

1188.16

690.26

1.92 (1.91–1.94)

178032

1.85 (1.83–1.88)

166941

2.01 (1.98–2.03)

Hungary

368029

1548.94

869.52

1.93 (1.91–1.94)

191651

1.86 (1.83–1.88)

176378

2.00 (1.98–2.03)

  1. *ASMR=age standardized mortality rate per 100.000 person-years.
  2. † Lower education is a combination of primary or no education and lower secondary education, higher education is a combination of upper secondary education and tertiary education.
  3. ‡ RR=relative risk adjusted for age and sex.