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Table 2 Decomposition of the change in the \(S^P\) between 1991–1995 and 2011–2015 by sex, Denmark and Sweden

From: Reassessing socioeconomic inequalities in mortality via distributional similarities

 

Sweden

Denmark

Female

Males

Female

Males

Population composition

0.0044

0.0045

− 0.0089

0.0048

Mortality

0.0158

0.0290

0.0752

0.0578

Low

− 0.0546

− 0.0576

− 0.0586

− 0.0502

Middle

− 0.0061

− 0.0085

0.0255

0.0002

High

0.0765

0.0951

0.1080

0.1080

Total change

0.0202

0.0335

0.0663

0.0626