The population attributable fraction of low education for mortality in South Korea with improvement in educational attainment and no improvement in mortality inequalities

Table 1 Educational attainment prevalence for men and women by age groups, South Korea 1995-2010

Thousand people (%)
	1995				2000				2005				2010
	Total	Middle-school graduate or less	High-school graduate	College graduate or higher	Total	Middle-school graduate or less	High-school graduate	College graduate or higher	Total	Middle-school graduate or less	High-school graduate	College graduate or higher	Total	Middle-school graduate or less	High-school graduate	College graduate or higher
Men
30-44	5,829	1,167 (20.0)	2,760 (47.3)	1,900 (32.6)	6,215	822 (13.2)	2,939 (47.3)	2,451 (39.4)	6,208	393 (6.3)	2,727 (43.9)	3,088 (49.7)	5,998	235 (3.9)	2,395 (39.9)	3,368 (56.2)
45-59	3,214	1,532 (47.7)	1,105 (34.4)	576 (17.9)	3,641	1,493 (41.0)	1,405 (38.6)	741 (20.4)	4,515	1,355 (30.0)	1,926 (42.7)	1,234 (27.3)	5,293	1,221 (23.1)	2,320 (43.8)	1,753 (33.1)
30-59	9,043	2,699 (29.9)	3,865 (42.7)	2,476 (27.4)	9,856	2,315 (23.5)	4,344 (44.1)	3,192 (32.4)	10,723	1,748 (16.3)	4,653 (43.4)	4,322 (40.3)	11,291	1,455 (12.9)	4,715 (41.8)	5,121 (45.4)
Women
30-44	5,606	1,977 (35.3)	2,696 (48.1)	932 (16.6)	6,061	1,323 (21.8)	3,291 (54.3)	1,446 (23.9)	6,124	551 (9.0)	3,293 (53.8)	2,280 (37.2)	5,928	236 (4.0)	2,798 (47.2)	2,894 (48.8)
45-59	3,228	2,458 (76.2)	597 (18.5)	171 (5.3)	3,630	2,400 (66.1)	954 (26.3)	275 (7.6)	4,519	2,255 (49.9)	1,711 (37.9)	553 (12.2)	5,345	1,972 (36.9)	2,434 (45.5)	939 (17.6)
30-59	8,833	4,435 (50.2)	3,293 (37.3)	1,103 (12.5)	9,691	3,723 (38.4)	4,245 (43.8)	1,721 (17.8)	10,643	2,806 (26.4)	5,005 (47.0)	2,832 (26.6)	11,273	2,207 (19.6)	5,232 (46.4)	3,833 (34.0)

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