Table 1

Characteristics of the study population in the 150 sub-regions of Hungary

		Mean	Standard error	Minimum	Maximum	F statistic	p Value*
*Comparing men with women.
Death rate per 100000 (ages 45–64), 1996–2000	male	105.70	1.12	78.50	138.71	3022.86	0.000
	female	40.23	0.40	29.18	53.52
	Total	72.96	1.98	29.18	138.71
Years of education	male	10.52	0.06	8.60	12.68	3.71	0.055
	female	10.33	0.08	8.60	14.21
	Total	10.42	0.05	8.60	14.21
Collective efficacy	male	26.09	0.19	19.95	33.60	7.25	0.007
	female	26.80	0.19	20.30	35.11
	Total	26.45	0.13	19.95	35.11
Perceived reciprocity	male	1.90	0.02	1.11	2.83	8.55	0.004
	female	1.81	0.02	1.19	2.69
	Total	1.86	0.02	1.11	2.83
Social mistrust	male	0.98	0.02	0.25	1.83	4.55	0.034
	female	0.91	0.02	0.18	2.20
	Total	0.94	0.02	0.18	2.20
Competitive attitude	male	0.34	0.01	0.06	1.00	0.69	0.405
	female	0.32	0.01	0.06	0.83
	Total	0.33	0.01	0.06	1.00
Membership in civic organisation	male	0.15	0.01	0.00	0.57	32.67	0.000
	female	0.09	0.01	0.00	0.78
	Total	0.12	0.01	0.00	0.78
Religious involvement	male	1.59	0.04	0.68	3.00	75.02	0.000
	female	2.09	0.04	0.69	3.32
	Total	1.84	0.03	0.68	3.32
Cigarettes per day	male	6.48	0.18	1.20	14.05	248.70	0.000
	female	3.01	0.12	0.11	8.85
	Total	4.74	0.14	1.02	14.05
Spirit consumption (0.5 dl)	male	0.51	0.02	0.06	1.67	121.01	0.000
	female	0.21	0.01	0.06	1.20
	Total	0.37	0.02	0.06	1.67
Taxable income thousand HUF	Total	344	0.1	154	546