Fictitious example of trend in mortality inequalites by educational level between 1990 and 2000
| (1) Basic data | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Educational level | Number of people | Population share | Hierarchical rank | Mortality rate (per100000 people) | ||||
| *First level and secondary, lower level compared with secondary, upper level, and third level. †Third level as reference category. ‡Precited rate difference between those at the bottom and the top of the educational hierarchy. §Predicted rate ratio for bottom compared with top of educational hierarchy. ¶Percentage of predicted rate for bottom with relation to predicted rate for top of educational hierarchy. | ||||||||
| 1990 | 2000 | 1990 | 2000 | 1990 | 2000 | 1990 | 2000 | |
| Third level | 5000 | 7500 | 0.10 | 0.15 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 80 | 40 |
| Seconday, upper level | 10000 | 12500 | 0.20 | 0.25 | 0.20 | 0.28 | 110 | 58 |
| Secondary, lower level | 12500 | 12500 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.43 | 0.53 | 128 | 80 |
| First level | 22500 | 17500 | 0.45 | 0.35 | 0.78 | 0.83 | 160 | 91 |
| Total | 50000 | 50000 | 134 | 72 | ||||
| (2) Summary measures of mortality inequalities by educational level | ||||||||
| 1990 | 2000 | |||||||
| Rate ratio* | 1.48 | 1.73 | ||||||
| Difference ratio (per 100000 people)* | 48.6 | 36.7 | ||||||
| Population attributable proprortion (%)† | 40.3 | 44.4 | ||||||
| Concentration index | −0.10 | −0.14 | ||||||
| Slope index of inequality (per 100000 people)‡ | 104.4 | 70.4 | ||||||
| Relative index of inequality§ | 2.40 | 3.03 | ||||||
| Relative index of inequality (%)¶ | 140 | 203 | ||||||