Table 2

Contribution of mortality compression and expansion to differences to the theoretical lowest mortality country

	Mean	Minimum	Maximum
Men
Life expectancy—compression
Nordic	−2.86	−1.51	−4.49
Bismarckian	−3.16	−1.79	−3.77
Southern European	−3.25	−2.12	−4.50
Anglo Saxon	−3.46	−1.89	−5.34
Confucian	−3.97	−2.12	−5.81
Eastern European	−7.80	−5.40	−9.67
Ex-Soviet	−13.47	−11.03	−16.37
Total	−5.66	−1.51	−16.37
Life expectancy—expansion
Confucian	−0.44	−0.28	−0.59
Anglo Saxon	−0.80	−0.35	−1.37
Southern European	−0.92	−0.66	−1.42
Bismarckian	−0.93	−0.43	−1.33
Nordic	−0.96	−0.52	−1.42
Eastern European	−2.35	−1.60	−3.08
Ex-Soviet	−3.85	−2.98	−4.70
Total	−1.58	−0.28	−4.70
Inequality—compression
Nordic	1.68	1.05	2.59
Bismarckian	1.85	1.21	2.30
Southern European	1.96	1.26	2.71
Anglo Saxon	2.08	1.34	3.26
Confucian	2.37	1.32	3.42
Eastern European	3.90	2.93	4.66
Ex-Soviet	6.49	5.44	7.87
Total	3.00	1.05	7.87
Inequality—expansion
Confucian	−0.26	−0.21	−0.30
Anglo Saxon	−0.60	−0.14	−1.02
Southern European	−0.74	−0.54	−1.06
Bismarckian	−0.87	−0.52	−1.11
Nordic	−0.92	−0.83	−1.04
Eastern European	−1.43	−1.06	−1.88
Ex-Soviet	−1.89	−1.52	−2.19
Total	−1.03	−0.14	−2.19
Women
Life expectancy—compression
Southern European	−2.21	−1.75	−3.01
Confucian	−2.66	−0.98	−4.34
Bismarckian	−2.89	−1.97	−3.54
Nordic	−3.19	−2.65	−4.85
Anglo Saxon	−3.85	−2.25	−5.33
Eastern European	−5.48	−3.34	−7.20
Ex-Soviet	−8.14	−6.08	−10.19
Total	−4.34	−0.98	−10.19
Life expectancy—expansion
Confucian	−0.53	−0.00	−1.06
Southern European	−1.12	−0.82	−1.57
Anglo Saxon	−1.17	−0.63	−1.64
Bismarckian	−1.20	−0.54	−1.48
Nordic	−1.24	−1.08	−1.41
Eastern European	−2.38	−1.65	−3.31
Ex-Soviet	−2.86	−2.12	−3.46
Total	−1.61	−0.00	−3.46
Inequality—compression
Southern European	1.23	1.03	1.63
Confucian	1.62	0.80	2.43
Bismarckian	1.68	1.25	1.98
Nordic	1.74	1.48	2.44
Anglo Saxon	2.15	1.37	3.09
Eastern European	2.90	1.81	3.89
Ex-Soviet	4.46	3.32	5.62
Total	2.40	0.80	5.62
Inequality—expansion
Confucian	−0.28	−0.01	−0.55
Anglo Saxon	−0.75	−0.33	−1.06
Southern European	−0.84	−0.63	−1.14
Bismarckian	−0.95	−0.47	−1.22
Nordic	−0.96	−0.92	−0.99
Eastern European	−1.48	−1.09	−2.02
Ex-Soviet	−1.76	−1.35	−2.08
Total	−1.08	−0.01	−2.08