Table 2.
Baseline characteristics of the study population by sex, number of deaths, and person-years between 2012 and 2019
| MALES | FEMALES | TOTAL | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cohort | Person-years | Deaths | Cohort | Person-years | Deaths | Cohort | Person-years | Deaths | ||||||||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Total* | 17,414,659 | 48.8 | 112,674,342 | 48.8 | 699,340 | 62.0 | 18,293,800 | 51.2 | 118,405,167 | 51.2 | 428,420 | 38.0 | 35,708,459 | 100.0 | 231,079,508 | 100.0 | 1,127,760 | 100.0 |
| Characteristics | ||||||||||||||||||
| Age at death | ||||||||||||||||||
| 30–44 | 6,488,947 | 37.3 | 33,461,071 | 29.7 | 30,307 | 4.3 | 6,563,785 | 35.9 | 33,876,334 | 28.6 | 18,246 | 4.3 | 13,052,732 | 36.6 | 67,337,405 | 29.1 | 48,553 | 4.3 |
| 45–64 | 6,211,074 | 35.7 | 45,662,747 | 40.5 | 157,096 | 22.5 | 6,472,528 | 35.4 | 47,364,814 | 40.0 | 98,514 | 23.0 | 16,404,059 | 45.9 | 93,027,561 | 40.3 | 255,610 | 22.7 |
| 65–74 | 4,714,638 | 27.1 | 33,550,523 | 29.8 | 511,937 | 73.2 | 5,257,487 | 28.7 | 37,164,018 | 31.4 | 311,660 | 72.7 | 6,251,668 | 17.5 | 70,714,542 | 30.6 | 823,597 | 73.0 |
| Education level | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elementary school or less | 2,869,033 | 16.5 | 15,726,148 | 14.0 | 242,927 | 34.7 | 4,140,476 | 22.6 | 22,937,495 | 19.4 | 185,710 | 43.3 | 7,009,509 | 19.6 | 38,663,643 | 16.7 | 428,637 | 38.0 |
| Middle school | 6,215,192 | 35.7 | 41,105,432 | 36.5 | 242,853 | 34.7 | 5,366,642 | 29.3 | 35,800,194 | 30.2 | 117,649 | 27.5 | 11,581,834 | 32.4 | 76,905,626 | 33.3 | 360,502 | 32.0 |
| High school diploma | 6,048,594 | 34.7 | 40,632,855 | 36.1 | 164,688 | 23.5 | 6,086,720 | 33.3 | 41,268,661 | 34.9 | 93,142 | 21.7 | 12,135,314 | 34.0 | 81,901,516 | 35.4 | 257,830 | 22.9 |
| University degree or more | 2,281,829 | 13.1 | 15,209,830 | 13.5 | 48,872 | 7.0 | 2,699,959 | 14.8 | 18,398,795 | 15.5 | 31,919 | 7.5 | 4,981,788 | 14.0 | 33,608,625 | 14.5 | 80,791 | 7.2 |
| Macro area of residence | ||||||||||||||||||
| North-West | 4,757,998 | 27.3 | 30,657,397 | 27.2 | 186,412 | 26.7 | 4,934,818 | 27.0 | 31,757,474 | 26.8 | 113,538 | 26.5 | 9,692,816 | 27.1 | 62,414,871 | 27.0 | 299,950 | 26.6 |
| North-East | 3,450,725 | 19.8 | 22,309,764 | 19.8 | 129,647 | 18.5 | 3,548,493 | 19.4 | 22,934,444 | 19.4 | 77,775 | 18.2 | 6,999,218 | 19.6 | 45,244,208 | 19.6 | 207,422 | 18.4 |
| Center | 3,410,619 | 19.6 | 22,030,981 | 19.6 | 130,869 | 18.7 | 3,656,430 | 20.0 | 23,619,503 | 19.9 | 83,312 | 19.4 | 7,067,049 | 19.8 | 45,650,484 | 19.8 | 214,181 | 19.0 |
| South and Islands | 5,795,317 | 33.3 | 37,676,200 | 33.4 | 252,412 | 36.1 | 6,154,059 | 33.6 | 40,093,746 | 33.9 | 153,795 | 35.9 | 11,949,376 | 33.5 | 77,769,946 | 33.7 | 406,207 | 36.0 |
* Total percentages by sex