Table 1

Characteristics of the mortality data and educational distribution of the populations

European RegionPopulationType of data setGeographic coveragePeriodPerson-years of follow-upNumber of deathsPercentage of persons with unknown educationPercentage of persons with low educationPercentage of persons with middle educationPercentage of persons with high education
menwomenmenwomenmenwomenmenwomen
NorthNorwayLongitudinalNational1990–19948 115 989111 4871.20.935.344.145.342.218.212.7
2001–20049 073 44686 0751.41.226.332.448.244.824.121.6
SwedenLongitudinalNational1990–199417 342 252182 7264.96.039.840.736.134.619.018.7
2000–200422 910 312190 5064.15.130.127.941.841.224.025.7
FinlandLongitudinalNational1990–199412 729 938139 617NANA50.554.328.027.321.418.5
2000–200413 999 108127 040NANA38.038.335.833.426.328.3
DenmarkLongitudinalNational1991–199512 194 455193 801NANA48.962.334.623.516.514.2
2001–200513 247 779166 645NANA36.545.441.832.021.722.6
WestEngland and WalesLongitudinalNational1991–19951 304 76116 4727.26.975.881.6NANA17.011.4
2001–20051 406 53313 39412.16.869.376.2NANA18.717.0
BelgiumLongitudinalNational1991–199522 631 614273 9936.06.160.567.018.915.714.711.3
2004–200510 811 556107 8102.61.953.257.921.720.422.419.7
SwitzerlandLongitudinalNational1990–199513 775 70113 0850.30.422.144.454.648.923.16.3
2000–200515 083 895112 8535.57.415.732.449.849.829.010.4
AustriaLongitudinalNational1991–19923 696 92543 175NANA30.955.761.640.67.53.7
2001–20024 248 21937 812NANA22.043.468.549.49.57.2
FranceLongitudinalNational1990–19951 176 07610 5860.10.155.469.033.023.011.57.9
1999–20041 330 97510 9875.96.939.550.339.829.714.813.1
SouthSpain (Barcelona)Cross-sectional, repeatedUrban1992–19964 290 31845 5070.00.064.177.017.911.318.011.7
2002–20064 347 25737 412NANA52.461.724.819.122.819.2
Italy (Turin)LongitudinalUrban1991–19952 518 55124 266NANA70.580.119.514.310.05.6
2001–20052 460 25020 352NANA59.367.427.022.213.610.5
EastSloveniaLongitudinalNational1991–19954 302 25660 1290.90.870.474.816.716.812.07.6
2002–20065 099 11558 553NANA30.545.754.440.815.113.5
HungaryCross-sectional, unlinkedNational1988–199120 576 688385 974NANA72.575.415.517.112.07.5
1999–200221 031 348369 773NANA65.163.620.525.614.310.8
PolandCross-sectional, unlinkedNational1991–199341 618 841343 8510.10.166.758.223.132.810.18.9
2001–200343 903 884284 9742.32.058.145.828.540.011.112.3
  • In England and Wales, the categories ‘low’ and ‘middle’ educated could not be separated, and were classified as ‘low’.

  • NA, not applicable.