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Table 2 Baseline characteristics of the study population by sex, number of deaths, and person-years between 2012 and 2019

From: Socioeconomic inequalities in avoidable mortality in Italy: results from a nationwide longitudinal cohort

 

MALES

FEMALES

TOTAL

Cohort

Person-years

Deaths

Cohort

Person-years

Deaths

Cohort

Person-years

Deaths

 

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

Total*

17,414,659

48.8

112,674,342

48.8

699,340

62.0

18,293,800

51.2

118,405,167

51.2

428,420

38.0

35,708,459

100.0

231,079,508

100.0

1,127,760

100.0

Characteristics

                  

Age at death

                  

30–44

6,488,947

37.3

33,461,071

29.7

30,307

4.3

6,563,785

35.9

33,876,334

28.6

18,246

4.3

13,052,732

36.6

67,337,405

29.1

48,553

4.3

45–64

6,211,074

35.7

45,662,747

40.5

157,096

22.5

6,472,528

35.4

47,364,814

40.0

98,514

23.0

16,404,059

45.9

93,027,561

40.3

255,610

22.7

65–74

4,714,638

27.1

33,550,523

29.8

511,937

73.2

5,257,487

28.7

37,164,018

31.4

311,660

72.7

6,251,668

17.5

70,714,542

30.6

823,597

73.0

Education level

                  

Elementary school or less

2,869,033

16.5

15,726,148

14.0

242,927

34.7

4,140,476

22.6

22,937,495

19.4

185,710

43.3

7,009,509

19.6

38,663,643

16.7

428,637

38.0

Middle school

6,215,192

35.7

41,105,432

36.5

242,853

34.7

5,366,642

29.3

35,800,194

30.2

117,649

27.5

11,581,834

32.4

76,905,626

33.3

360,502

32.0

High school diploma

6,048,594

34.7

40,632,855

36.1

164,688

23.5

6,086,720

33.3

41,268,661

34.9

93,142

21.7

12,135,314

34.0

81,901,516

35.4

257,830

22.9

University degree or more

2,281,829

13.1

15,209,830

13.5

48,872

7.0

2,699,959

14.8

18,398,795

15.5

31,919

7.5

4,981,788

14.0

33,608,625

14.5

80,791

7.2

Macro area of residence

                  

North-West

4,757,998

27.3

30,657,397

27.2

186,412

26.7

4,934,818

27.0

31,757,474

26.8

113,538

26.5

9,692,816

27.1

62,414,871

27.0

299,950

26.6

North-East

3,450,725

19.8

22,309,764

19.8

129,647

18.5

3,548,493

19.4

22,934,444

19.4

77,775

18.2

6,999,218

19.6

45,244,208

19.6

207,422

18.4

Center

3,410,619

19.6

22,030,981

19.6

130,869

18.7

3,656,430

20.0

23,619,503

19.9

83,312

19.4

7,067,049

19.8

45,650,484

19.8

214,181

19.0

South and Islands

5,795,317

33.3

37,676,200

33.4

252,412

36.1

6,154,059

33.6

40,093,746

33.9

153,795

35.9

11,949,376

33.5

77,769,946

33.7

406,207

36.0

  1. * Total percentages by sex