Table 1

Mortality data sources.

Country	Type of study	Years	Years of follow-up	Person-years	Deaths	Educational structure (in %)
Country	Type of study	Years	Years of follow-up	Person-years	Deaths	Low	Mid	High
Finland	Longitudinal	1990–2000	10	25 874 201	270 232	50.1	29.3	20.6
Finland*	Longitudinal	2001–2007	7	15 435 298	105 379	33.9	36.8	29.3
Sweden	Longitudinal	1991–2000	10	43 042 216	393 038	40.6	41.7	17.7
Sweden	Longitudinal	2001–2006	6	28 087 496	187 168	27.1	50.3	22.6
Norway	Longitudinal	1990–2000	10	19 956 767	213 022	33.1	47.7	19.2
Norway	Longitudinal	2001–2006	5	11 645 682	70 191	19.7	55.0	25.3
Denmark	Longitudinal	1996–2000	5	13 926 291	136 065	45.1	34.9	20.0
Denmark	Longitudinal	2001–2005	5	14 498 528	122 728	38.6	37.7	23.7
England & Wales†	Longitudinal	1991–1996	5.5	1 530 278	14 966	85.1	-	14.9
England & Wales†	Longitudinal	2001–2006	5	1 432 977	9145	80.7	-	19.3
Belgium	Longitudinal	1991–1995	5	23 684 150	206 444	63.1	21.0	15.9
Belgium	Longitudinal	2004–2005	2	11 221 276	73 001	48.6	25.2	26.2
France‡	Longitudinal	1990–1999	10	2 478 782	20 215	56.1	32.3	11.6
France§	Longitudinal	1999–2005	6	1 521 946	8796	42.4	40.4	17.2
Switzerland¶	Longitudinal	1990–2000	10	27 910 587	255 275	30.3	54.5	15.2
Switzerland¶	Longitudinal	2001–2005	5	15 635 957	82 195	19.8	57.8	22.4
Barcelona	Repeated CS	1992–1998	7	6 285 178	39 830	64.9	18.0	17.1
Barcelona	Repeated CS	2000–2006	7	6 858 828	35 143	55.7	21.5	22.8
Basque C	Longitudinal	1996–2001	5	6 048 696	34 230	69.9	16.8	13.3
Basque C	Longitudinal	2001–2006	5	6 312 758	32 169	60.9	20.5	18.6
Madrid	Longitudinal	1996–1997	1.5	4 122 305	25 356	64.9	18.1	17.1
Madrid	Longitudinal	2001–2003	1.5	4 967 231	26 279	56.6	21.9	21.5
Turin	Longitudinal	1991–2001	10	4 873 109	50 621	71.5	19.8	8.6
Turin	Longitudinal	2001–2006	5	2 422 742	14 186	59.2	27.4	13.4
Hungary	CS unlinked	1988–1991	4	22 408 012	297 749	59.4	30.2	10.4
Hungary	CS unlinked	1999–2002	4	22 479 484	282 601	43.6	43.2	13.2
Lithuania**	CS unlinked	1988–1990	3	5 135 151	45 449	44.6	42.1	13.4
Lithuania**	CS unlinked	2000–2002	3	5 199 153	48 092	22.5	59.5	18.0
Estonia	CS unlinked	1987–1991	5	4 011 470	45 611	41.9	42.6	15.5
Estonia	CS unlinked	1998–2002	5	3 684 050	50 035	26.2	55.7	18.1

All data, unless otherwise mentioned, refer to the age group 30–74 years.
*20% of Finns are excluded (at random).
†1% representative sample of population.
‡1% representative sample of the population; people from overseas areas, military and students are excluded.
§1% representative sample of the population; people born outside France mainland are excluded.
¶Non-Swiss nationals excluded.
**Age range 30–69 years.
CS, cross-sectional.