Population Health Metrics

Table 12 Age components of the total, between-group, and within-group standard deviation change 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	2004–2010^a	1970–1984	1984–1994	1994–2004	2004–2010^a
Across all countries
All ages:	1.33	1.92	0.00	−0.37	0.87	−0.03	−0.23	1.33
0–14	0.04	0.03	−0.15	−0.08	0.01	−0.12	−0.06	0.04
15–64	0.93	1.45	−0.27	−0.47	0.43	−0.09	−0.16	0.93
65+	0.35	0.44	0.42	0.18	0.42	0.19	−0.01	0.35
Between-group
All ages:	1.97	2.02	−0.07	−0.36	0.95	−0.20	−0.23	1.97
0–14	0.26	0.06	−0.16	−0.07	0.05	−0.14	−0.07	0.26
15–64	1.18	1.49	−0.32	−0.47	0.49	−0.15	−0.17	1.18
65+	0.52	0.47	0.41	0.19	0.40	0.09	0.01	0.52
Within-group
All ages:	−0.24	0.11	0.21	−0.08	0.07	0.32	−0.07	−0.24
0–14	−0.23	−0.08	−0.01	−0.03	−0.06	0.00	−0.01	−0.23
15–64	0.03	0.19	0.11	−0.07	0.00	0.09	−0.04	0.03
65+	−0.04	0.01	0.11	0.02	0.13	0.23	−0.03	−0.04

Note: ^aAs in Table 1

Back to article page

ISSN: 1478-7954

Contact us

General enquiries: journalsubmissions@springernature.com