Table 3

Annual decline of avoidable and unavoidable mortality in percentages, 1989–1997

Country	Avoidable mortality	Unavoidable mortality	Avoidable mortality	Unavoidable mortality
Country	1980–1989		1989–1997
The values are derived from the model presented in the methods section.
1 Austria	3.3 (2.4–4.1)	2.4 (2.0–2.7)	3.0 (2.6–3.4)	2.0 (1.5–2.5)
2 Belgium	2.4 (1.8–3.0)	2.7 (2.2–3.0)	2.3 (1.3–3.2)	1.2 (0.7–1.7)
3 Czech Republic	2.1 (1.4–2.8)	1.8 (0.8–2.6)	2.8 (1.4–4.1)	2.7 (1.4–3.8)
4 Denmark	0.1 (−0.4–0.5)	1.1 (0.8–1.4)	2.9 (2.1–3.5)	1.5 (0.8–2.2)
5 Finland	2.0 (1.3–2.7)	0.9 (0.4–1.4)	3.9 (3.0–4.6)	3.3 (2.7–3.8)
6 France	2.1 (1.9–2.3)	1.7 (1.4–1.9)	2.2 (1.8–2.6)	1.6 (1.2–2.0)
7 Germany	2.5 (0.0–4.9)	1.5 (0.0–2.9)	1.7 (1.3–2.1)	2.5 (1.9–3.0)
8 Greece	2.5 (2.1–2.8)	1.0 (0.7–1.2)	1.4 (0.7–2.0)	0.8 (0.4–1.3)
9 Ireland	4.2 (3.4–4.8)	1.4 (1.0–1.9)	2.1 (0.9–3.3)	2.5 (1.8–3.2)
10 Italy	3.9 (3.6–4.1)	1.4 (1.1–1.7)	3.5 (2.8–4.0)	1.2 (0.6–1.7)
11 Luxembourg	0.9 (0.3–1.5)	2.3 (1.5–3.0)	3.0 (2.0–4.0)	1.9 (1.0–2.8)
12 Netherlands	1.7 (1.0–2.4)	1.2 (0.5–1.9)	1.6 (1.1–2.2)	1.4 (0.9–1.8)
13 Portugal	4.0 (3.4–4.4)	1.1 (0.5–1.6)	3.0 (2.2–3.8)	0.4 (−0.2–1.0)
14 Spain	2.6 (2.1–3.1)	0.0 (−0.2–0.3)	2.5 (0.9–4.1)	1.4 (−0.1–2.8)
15 Sweden	2.4 (1.6–3.1)	1.5 (1.2–1.8)	2.5 (2.2–2.8)	2.2 (1.9–2.5)
16 United Kingdom	3.1 (2.7–3.5)	1.2 (1.0–1.5)	2.1 (0.7–2.0)	2.6 (2.2–2.8)
Mean decline	2.5 (1.8–3.1)	1.4 (1.1–1.8)	2.5 (2.0–3.0)	1.8 (1.3–2.3)