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Table 11 Contributions of population composition (P-effects) and mortality (M-effects) to changes in standard deviation by time periods (in years)

From: Disparities in length of life across developed countries: measuring and decomposing changes over time within and between country groups

 

Males

Females

 

1970–1984

1984–1994

1994–2004

2004–2010a

1970–1984

1984–1994

1994–2004

2004–2010a

Total change in overall StD

1.33

1.92

0.00

−0.37

0.68

0.87

−0.03

−0.23

  P-effect

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

  M-effect

1.33

1.92

0.00

−0.37

0.68

0.87

−0.03

−0.23

Total change in between-group StD

1.97

2.02

−0.07

−0.36

1.19

0.95

−0.20

−0.23

  P-effect

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

  M-effect

1.97

2.02

−0.07

−0.36

1.19

0.95

−0.20

−0.23

Total change in within-group StD

−0.24

0.11

0.21

−0.08

−0.17

0.07

0.32

−0.07

  P-effect

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

  M-effect

−0.24

0.11

0.21

−0.08

−0.17

0.07

0.32

−0.07

  1. Note: aAs in Table 1