The contributions of public health policies and healthcare quality to gender gap and country differences in life expectancy in the UK

Table 2 Cause-specific contributions (years) to changes in the gender gap in life expectancy across the UK between 2001–2003 and 2014–2016

Country/cause of death	Avoidable				Non-avoidable	Total
Country/cause of death	Treatable and preventable	IHD	Preventable	Treatable	Non-avoidable	Total
United Kingdom	−0.08	−0.46	−0.35	0.01	−0.08	−0.96
England & Wales	−0.08	−0.46	−0.31	0.02	−0.08	−0.92
Northern Ireland	−0.04	−0.56	−0.24	−0.01	−0.26	−1.10
Scotland	−0.10	−0.45	−0.69	−0.10	0.05	−1.29

IHD: Ischaemic heart diseases. More detailed information can be found in Additional file 2: Table A2-A5

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