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Table 1 Descriptive statistics for SED, lifestyle characteristics, and urbanization in 66 sub-regions of Poland during the period 2010–2014 (averaged annual data) by categories of SED index weighted for the size of sub-region population

From: Is area-level socioeconomic deprivation associated with mortality due to circulatory system diseases in Poland?

Index of socioeconomic deprivation (tercile)

1st tercile

(less deprived)

2nd tercile

(middle)

3rd tercile

(more deprived)

SED index range

−2.66 to − 0.07

−0.07 to 0.33

0.34 to 1.15

SED INDEX and its components

SED index

−0.92 ± 0.82

(−1.64/− 0.58/− 0.27)

0.17 ± 0.10

(0.10/0.18/0.26)

0.63 ± 0.28

(0.42/0.50/0.88)

University education [%]

22.48 ± 7.66

(17.14/20.36/28.49)

13.62 ± 1.75

(12.60/13.38/14.12)

12.92 ± 1.68

(12.00/12.69/14.07)

Employed in industry and construction [%]

27.54 ± 9.41

(20.54/25.24/34.72)

27.30 ± 10.04

(18.47/27.16/35.20)

31.05 ± 5.33

(27.57/33.20/34.83)

Average salary [PLN]

3916 ± 550

(3463/3852/4260)

3173 ± 207

(3048/3135/3237)

3108 ± 156

(2972/3113/3227)

Unemployment rate [%]

8.93 ± 3.34

(5.54/9.49/11.26)

13.90 ± 2.33

(13.14/14.33/15.17)

18.37 ± 3.66

(16.09/18.56/20.49)

People on social support due to poverty [%]

5.30 ± 1.70

(3.44/5.33/6.35)

9.10 ± 2.16

(7.24/9.44/10.56)

11.10 ± 2.25

(8.85/11.62/13.33)

Lifestyle indicators

Smoking (men) [%]

32.3 ± 4.4

(28.6/32.9/35.3)

31.5 ± 4.9

(28.4/30.8/34.1)

35.8 ± 6.3

(31.5/35.9/41.8)

Smoking (women) [%]

22.4 ± 4.4

(20.5/22.8/26.2)

16.9 ± 4.1

(14.4/16.2/19.4)

20.9 ± 5.1

(18.4/20.4/25.5)

BMI (men) [kg/m2]

26.4 ± 0.4

(26.0/26.3/26.8)

26.4 ± 0.3

(26.2/26.3/26.5)

26.6 ± 0.4

(26.4/26.6/26.8)

BMI (women) [kg/m2]

25.0 ± 0.4

(24.6/25.1/25.3)

25.4 ± 0.3

(25.1/25.3/25.6)

25.4 ± 0.4

(25.1/25.4/25.6)

Urbanization

Population density [n/km2]

1124.8 ± 1167.4

(171.4/395.6/2141.9)

127.3 ± 79.7

(78.0/97.7/163.2)

89.5 ± 30.4

(62.3/88.6/106.0)

  1. Values are presented as mean ± standard deviation (first quartile/median/third quartile)
  2. Abbreviation: SED–socioeconomic deprivation, BMI—body mass index