Table 2

Numbers of death (N), age and sex standardised mortality rates (ASMR), and relative index of inequality (RII) for all-cause mortality and total avoidable mortality by country

Country	All-cause mortality					Total avoidable mortality
	N	ASMR		RII^*	95% CI	N	ASMR		RII^*	95% CI
	N	Lower^† education	Higher^† education	RII^*	95% CI	N	Lower education	Higher education	RII^*	95% CI
Finland	141248	778.1	529.0	2.42	2.37 to 2.48	18085	102.0	65.0	2.78	2.60 to 2.97
Sweden	165512	564.7	404.5	2.01	1.97 to 2.05	17874	62.6	42.5	2.26	2.14 to 2.39
Norway	87559	702.1	490.2	2.36	2.30 to 2.42	9836	82.6	52.5	2.78	2.57 to 3.01
Denmark	65510	673.6	492.3	2.30	2.23 to 2.37	6602	70.0	48.3	2.47	2.24 to 2.72
Belgium	155304	730.6	563.2	1.95	1.90 to 1.99	16801	79.1	58.4	2.10	1.97 to 2.24
Switzerland	120137	581.4	486.2	2.28	2.23 to 2.33	13012	70.0	50.0	2.72	2.54 to 2.92
Turin	25579	581.6	475.6	1.66	1.59 to 1.75	2868	64.9	51.7	1.81	1.56 to 2.10
Barcelona	39101	561.7	488.5	1.72	1.65 to 1.79	4591	66.0	53.5	1.85	1.64 to 2.10
Madrid region	17180	569.7	532.1	1.56	1.47 to 1.66	1944	66.1	55.6	1.70	1.41 to 2.06
Basque region	22681	427.3	442.9	1.37	1.29 to 1.46	2762	56.0	49.3	2.04	1.70 to 2.44
Slovenia	62944	845.5	691.0	2.29	2.23 to 2.36	9501	137.6	92.3	2.97	2.75 to 3.20
Hungary	201568	1351.6	687.0	4.21	4.12 to 4.31	31045	211.7	96.4	5.35	5.05 to 5.68
Czech Republic	171397	969.6	505.9	4.36	4.26 to 4.47	23048	134.5	63.9	5.34	4.99 to 5.71
Poland	394919	1124.4	551.2	4.07	4.01 to 4.13	57100	164.6	77.6	4.61	4.44 to 4.80
Lithuania	46291	1859.2	839.9	3.50	3.37 to 3.64	7325	293.2	128.4	4.08	3.69 to 4.51
Estonia	36374	1851.8	997.1	2.90	2.79 to 3.03	6777	350.7	178.2	3.46	3.14 to 3.81
All countries	1753304	885.8	573.5	2.76	2.74 to 2.77	229171	125.7	72.7	3.28	3.22 to 3.34

↵* Adjusted for age and sex. A higher RII indicates greater educational inequalities.
↵† Lower education group is a combination of primary or no education and lower secondary education; higher education group is a combination of upper secondary education and tertiary education.