Table 2

Trends in total and education-specific age-standardised death rates (SDR), and in four measures of mortality inequality at ages over 40 in Finland, Norway and Sweden from 1971–76 to 1996–2000

Country	Period	SDR^*					Inequality measures
		Total	High	Mid	Low	Weighed mean	Relative		Absolute
		Total	High	Mid	Low	Weighed mean	Max/Min	G (%)	Max–Min^*	AID^*
Males
Finland	1971–75	33.41	24.72	27.59	34.68	33.13	1.40	3.85	9.96	1.28
	1976–80	30.72	22.37	25.37	32.12	30.34	1.44	4.61	9.75	1.40
	1981–85	27.95	20.73	24.21	29.32	27.55	1.41	4.78	8.59	1.32
	1986–90	26.12	18.66	22.75	27.76	25.51	1.49	6.02	9.11	1.54
	1991–95	23.79	16.41	20.70	25.72	23.02	1.57	7.30	9.31	1.68
	1996–2000	21.56	14.34	19.03	23.80	20.74	1.66	8.36	9.46	1.73
Sweden	1971–75	24.08	19.55	21.54	24.60	23.78	1.26	2.75	5.05	0.65
	1976–80	23.96	18.87	21.18	24.70	23.58	1.31	3.60	5.83	0.85
	1991–95	19.32	14.50	17.17	20.79	18.80	1.43	6.67	6.29	1.25
	1996–2000	17.64	12.99	15.42	19.43	17.03	1.50	8.05	6.44	1.37
Norway	1971–75	23.27	18.69	22.00	24.00	23.13	1.28	2.90	5.32	0.67
	1976–80	22.48	17.59	21.52	23.32	22.36	1.33	3.28	5.72	0.73
	1981–85	21.94	17.81	20.42	23.74	21.69	1.33	5.20	5.93	1.13
	1986–90	21.42	16.41	19.94	23.80	21.05	1.45	6.73	7.39	1.42
	1991–95	19.96	15.23	18.75	22.70	19.52	1.49	7.51	7.48	1.47
	1996–2000	18.31	13.59	17.16	21.50	17.81	1.58	8.69	7.91	1.55
Females
Finland	1971–75	19.13	15.14	14.93	19.64	18.88	1.32	3.36	4.71	0.63
	1976–80	16.38	12.71	13.75	16.84	16.19	1.32	3.28	4.12	0.53
	1981–85	14.89	11.70	12.79	15.33	14.65	1.31	3.59	3.62	0.53
	1986–90	14.43	11.22	12.58	14.97	14.13	1.33	4.28	3.75	0.61
	1991–95	13.37	10.13	11.56	14.08	12.98	1.39	5.50	3.95	0.71
	1996–2000	12.07	9.23	10.51	12.98	11.69	1.41	6.38	3.75	0.75
Sweden	1971–75	15.61	12.10	12.86	15.78	15.33	1.30	2.54	3.68	0.39
	1976–80	14.66	11.05	11.69	14.89	14.28	1.35	3.50	3.83	0.50
	1991–95	12.01	9.09	9.97	12.71	11.51	1.40	6.64	3.62	0.76
	1996–2000	11.31	8.15	9.18	12.31	10.69	1.51	8.71	4.16	0.93
Norway	1971–75	14.81	10.98	12.09	15.27	14.64	1.39	3.52	4.29	0.52
	1976–80	13.57	11.08	11.83	13.92	13.46	1.26	2.73	2.84	0.37
	1981–85	12.61	10.14	11.25	13.42	12.42	1.32	4.88	3.28	0.61
	1986–90	12.43	9.73	11.01	13.45	12.17	1.38	5.89	3.72	0.72
	1991–95	11.88	9.31	10.72	13.08	11.62	1.41	6.40	3.77	0.74
	1996–2000	11.25	8.69	10.10	12.75	10.96	1.47	7.47	4.06	0.82

↵* Per 1000 person-years.