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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Feb 14.
Published in final edited form as: Health Econ. 2014 Jul 30;24(10):1348–1367. doi: 10.1002/hec.3092

Table 3.

Inequity in mortality according to different ethical positions using the fairness gap and direct unfairness

Ethical
position		 Fairness gap Direct unfairness
Baseline Counterfactual simulations
 Baseline Counterfactual simulations
Educ1 Educ2 Exercise Gender Educ1 Educ2 Exercise Gender
ALLILLEG 0.0239 0.0183 0.0215 0.0167 0.0158 0.0239 0.0183 0.0215 0.0167 0.0158
CONTROL 0.0229 0.0174 0.0206 0.0161 0.0149 0.0102 0.0072 0.0089 0.0064 0.0058
PREF 0.0239 0.0182 0.0215 0.0168 0.0157 0.0146 0.0121 0.0131 0.0146 0.0094
PREFA 0.0239 0.0182 0.0215 0.0167 0.0157 0.0218 0.0158 0.0192 0.0170 0.0148
STAND 0.0061 0.0031 0.0047 0.0041 0.0047 0.0002 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 0.0002
SES 0.0020 0.0005 0.0012 0.0011 0.0015 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001
REG <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001
M¯iB
 0.1039 0.0850 0.0971 0.0814 0.0761 0.1039 0.0850 0.0971 0.0814 0.0761