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Table 5 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, females, aged 25 years, Belgium

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

Females

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

56.2

33.5

30.8-36.2

56.2

33.7

31.3-36.0

0.0

-0.2 (0.96)

Lower secondary

57.3

40.9

39.0-42.9

58.0

41.3

39.6-43.0

-0.7

-0.4 (0.82)

Higher secondary

58.6

42.1

39.7-44.4

58.5

42.0

39.9-44.0

0.1

0.1 (0.97)

Higher education

61.6

49.8

46.9-52.6

59.9

48.6

46.3-50.8

1.7

1.2 (0.73)

Difference highest-lowest (p-value)

5.4

16.3(p < 0.01)

 

3.7

14.9 (p < 0.01)

   

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

Females

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

58.1

30.8

28.0-33.6

56.2

30.0

27.4-32.6

1.9

0.8 (0.83)

Lower secondary

61.5

37.8

35.2-40.4

58.0

35.7

33.6-37.7

3.5

2.1 (0.47)

Higher secondary

59.1

40.2

37.9-42.5

58.5

39.6

38.0-41.3

0.6

0.6 (0.79)

Higher education

61.9

45.4

42.5-48.3

59.9

44.0

42.0-46.1

2.0

1.4 (0.68)

Difference highest-lowest (p-value)

3.8

14.6 (p < 0.01)

 

3.7

14.0 (p < 0.01)

   

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