Table 2

Distribution of the educational variable, middle aged (50–59 years) and elderly (80–89 years) men and women

Country/City	Age	Percentage of the male population			Percentage of the female population
Country/City	Age	Low	Middle	High	Low	Middle	High
*Denmark and France not included.
Finland	50–59	62.3	27.0	10.7	63.4	27.9	8.7
	80–89	82.2	11.1	6.6	86.6	9.1	4.3
Norway	50–59	80.7	9.2	10.1	87.3	8.1	4.6
	80–89	90.6	4.0	5.4	95.2	4.2	0.6
Denmark	50–59	70.0	16.0	14.0	71.0	19.0	10.0
	60–69	74.3	14.4	11.3	77.1	15.8	7.2
England/Wales	50–59	79.4	11.6	9.0	85.9	11.1	3.0
	80–89	89.0	5.4	5.7	93.3	5.3	1.3
Belgium	50–59	71.9	16.1	11.9	77.2	14.0	8.8
	80–89	87.7	6.2	6.2	93.1	3.9	3.0
France	50–59	80.1	8.1	11.8	81.9	10.0	8.1
	70–79	80.4	8.8	10.8	83.1	9.2	7.7
Switzerland	50–59	18.2	58.8	23.0	42.5	52.3	5.2
	80–89	38.5	49.2	12.3	68.8	29.2	2.0
Austria	50–59	79.9	10.8	9.3	79.0	16.6	4.4
	80–89	80.2	10.5	9.4	88.2	9.8	2.1
Turin	50–59	75.5	16.8	7.7	84.8	11.6	3.6
	80–89	83.2	8.8	8.0	92.2	6.5	1.3
Barcelona	50–59	72.2	11.6	16.2	81.6	7.4	8.7
	80–89	80.0	8.0	12.1	90.2	2.5	3.9
Madrid	50–59	67.6	14.1	18.3	81.1	9.6	9.3
	80–89	81.8	6.9	11.4	93.0	3.5	3.4
All countries*	50–59	67.4	19.7	13.0	74.1	19.0	6.9
	80–89	78.4	13.2	8.4	88.6	8.8	2.6