TABLE 1—

Descriptive Statistics Before and After Expanded Health Care Insurance: Colombia, 1998–2007

	Period 1: 1998–2002				Period 2: 2003–2007
	Person-Years	%	CVD deaths	All Deaths	Person-Years	%	CVD deaths	All Deaths
Age groups, y
25–29	15 681 229	18.3	1286	41 610	16 790 652	17.7	1254	35 447
30–34	15 295 439	17.9	1889	37 838	15 170 633	16.0	1676	31 311
35–39	14 113 107	16.5	3046	36 466	14 845 056	15.7	2736	31 442
40–44	11 924 028	14.0	5194	35 185	13 808 189	14.6	4712	32 899
45–49	9 636 969	11.3	7671	35 342	11 662 310	12.3	7876	36 109
50–54	7 672 753	9.0	10 436	37 543	9 383 845	9.9	11 112	41 478
55–59	6 053 379	7.1	13 451	41 850	7 399 564	7.8	14 522	46 499
60–64	5 090 243	6.0	20 063	56 203	5 732 546	6.0	19 445	56 684
Gender
Men	41 329 276	48.4	5868	218 802	45 764 081	48.3	37 156	206 225
Women	44 137 871	51.6	27 168	103 149	49 028 714	51.7	26 177	105 578
Missing	…		…	86	…		…	66
Educational attainmenta
Primary	42 062 366	49.2	44 541	197 754	41 221 063	43.5	42 584	184 632
Secondary	32 349 705	37.9	13 393	84 445	38 739 709	40.9	15 350	91 178
Tertiary	11 055 076	12.9	3014	16 493	14 832 022	15.6	3718	18 671
Missing	…		2088	23 345	…		1681	17 388
Total	85 467 147		63 036	322 037	94 792 795		63 333	311 869

Note. CVD = cardiovascular disease.

^aEducational attainment values registered after final imputation: primary = elementary or primary school; secondary = high-school diploma; tertiary = postsecondary education after high school including college and university.