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

Table 6 Correlation between inequalities in amenable mortality, inequalities in use of health care ^† and inequalities in behavioural risk factors

Cause of death	Use of health care					Behavioural risk factors
Cause of death	Visit any doctor	Hospitalization	Use of medication	Cholesterol screening	BP^**screening	Smoking	Overweight	Smoking related deaths	Alcohol related deaths
Number of observations	11	8	8	8	8	12	11	14	14
Non amenable causes of death	−0.745*	−0.213	−0.704	−0.059	0.175	0.859*	0.059	0.806*	0.632*
All amenable infectious diseases	−0.762*	−0.010	−0.530	0.297	−0.095	0.637*	−0.209	0.603*	0.659*
All amenable cancers	−0.334	−0.443	−0.752*	−0.071	0.604	0.705*	0.203	0.578*	0.613*
All amenable cardiorespiratory conditions	−0.731*	−0.096	−0.613	−0.289	0.214	0.916**	−0.022	0.851*	0.463
All amenable gastrointestinal conditions	0.506	−0.107	−0.699	−0.302	0.642	0.684*	0.326	0.752*	0.443

† Health care factors are included in the correlation analyses if these were available for at least half of the countries.
*Significant correlation, p < 0.05.
**Blood pressure screening.

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