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Table 4 Comparison of the life expectancy (LE) and healthy life years (HLY) calculated using mortality rates based on the Census 2001-2004, the HIS 2001-2010, and the SILC 2004-2009, males, aged 25 years, Belgium

From: Using mortality follow-up of surveys to estimate social inequalities in healthy life years

Males

Mortality HIS/Morbidity HIS

Mortality Census/Morbidity HIS

Diff HIS-Census

Education

LE

HLY

HLY 95%

LE

HLY

HLY 95%

   

Confidence interval

  

Confidence interval

LE

HLY (p-value)

Primary education

46.7

34.0

30.4-37.5

49.5

35.5

33.5-37.6

-2.8

-1.6 (0.72)

Lower secondary

51.7

36.6

34.6-38.6

51.3

36.5

35.0-38.0

0.4

0.1 (0.96)

Higher secondary

54.3

43.1

41.1-45.1

52.5

41.8

40.4-43.2

1.8

1.3 (0.40)

Higher education

56.3

43.5

41.4-45.6

55.1

42.8

41.2-44.5

1.2

0.7 (0.72)

Difference highest-lowest (p-value)

9.6

9.5 (p < 0.05)

 

5.6

7.3 (p < 0.01)

   

Source of data: mortality follow-up of the HIS 2001-2010 and mortality follow-up of the Census 2001-2004

Males

Mortality SILC/Morbidity SILC

Mortality Census/Morbidity SILC

Diff SILC-Census

Education

LE

HLY

HLY 95%

LE

HLY

HLY 95%

  
   

Confidence interval

  

Confidence interval

LE

HLY (p-value)

Primary education

49.9

31.7

28.6-34.8

49.5

31.3

28.7-34.0

0.4

0.4 (0.94)

Lower secondary

50.7

34.2

31.2-37.2

51.3

34.7

32.8-36.6

-0.6

-0.5 (0.90)

Higher secondary

53.0

38.0

36.0-39.9

52.5

37.6

36.4-38.9

0.5

0.4 (0.82)

Higher education

58.1

44.7

42.4-47.1

55.1

42.6

41.2-44.1

3.0

2.1 (0.30)

Difference highest-lowest (p-value)

8.2

13.0 (p < 0.01)

 

5.6

11.3 (p < 0.01)

   

Source of data: mortality follow-up of the SILC 2004-2009 and mortality follow-up of the Census 2001-2004