Table 4

Contribution of causes of death to the difference between low and high educational groups in partial life expectancy (PLE) between ages 35 and 69

				Total avoidable mortality	Diseases of infectious origin	Malignant diseases	Cardiorespiratory conditions	Acute conditions
	PLE, lower education	PLE, higher education	Δ PLE, days	Δ PLE days %^*	Δ PLE days %^†	Δ PLE days %^†	Δ PLE days %^†	Δ PLE days %^†
Finland	31.95	33.00	382	59 15	21 35	3 5	28 47	8 13
Sweden	32.90	33.57	244	32 13	10 31	2 7	16 51	4 11
Norway	32.42	33.31	322	45 14	8 17	8 17	27 60	3 6
Denmark	32.52	33.36	304	39 13	16 42	4 12	14 36	4 11
Belgium	32.96	33.50	197	22 11	4 18	4 17	13 59	2 7
Switzerland	32.72	33.23	187	41 22	22 54	4 11	13 32	2 4
Turin	32.87	33.37	182	23 13	5 22	2 9	14 60	2 10
Barcelona	32.71	33.19	176	27 15	12 45	1 5	13 46	2 6
Madrid region	32.80	33.12	116	25 22	12 46	8 32	6 22	0 1
Basque region	33.59	33.76	62	33 53	32 99	3 9	−3 −8	0 0
Slovenia	31.78	32.61	305	72 23	16 22	5 7	46 64	6 8
Hungary	29.86	32.46	947	167 18	21 13	10 6	125 75	13 8
Czech Republic	31.58	33.30	629	96 15	20 21	10 10	59 62	8 9
Poland	30.78	33.02	816	125 15	27 22	12 10	79 63	8 7
Lithuania	26.56	31.63	1849	357 19	219 61	36 10	96 27	15 4
Estonia	27.28	31.16	1418	335 24	165 49	7 2	152 45	21 6