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. 2016 Sep 1;15(1):135. doi: 10.1186/s12939-016-0425-6

Table 2.

Results of the estimation of the models (fixed effects)

Variables Life expectancy Total mortality Ischemic heart mortality Cancer mortality Lung cancer
Intercept 2.2631**a
(0.0820)
3.6644**
(0.3307)
1.3910**
(0.3605)
4.3019**
(0.3285)
1.0064**
(0.3070)
β Log(dependent_1) −0.5109**
(0.0188)
−0.5258**
(0.0468)
−0.2751**
(0.0336)
−0.9980**
(0.0345)
−0.5075**
(0.0410)
Log(gdppc) 0.0000
(0.0001)
0.0041**
(0.0008)
0.0025
(0.0036)
0.0008
(0.0018)
0.0005
(0.020)
Log(gdppc_1) 0.000
(0.0001)
−0.0044**
(0.0010)
−0.0038
(0.0042)
−0.0039
(0.0022)
−0.0022
(0.0024)
Log(gdp_2) −0.0001
(0.0001)
0.0003
(0.0007)
−0.0056
(0.0055)
−0.0039
(0.0035)
0.0109**
(0.0032)
Gini −0.1836**
(0.0592)
−1.0516
(0.5612)
2.0101
(1.3376)
0.5313
(0.7758)
1.8337**
(0.8369)
Gini_1 0.0280
(0.0274)
1.0406**
(0.5213)
−1.72
(1.1931)
2.2466**
(0.6853)
−0.0302
(0.7540)
Log(empht) 0.001**
(0.000)
0.0001
(0.0005)
0.0038**
(0.0019)
−0.0027
(0.0014)
−0.0019
(0.0015)
University students (% pop) −0.0023
(0.0013)
−0.0023
(0.0130)
0.1488**
(0.0587)
0.1074**
(0.0318)
0.1181**
(0.0363)
Young male unemployment (%) 0.0013
(0.0017)
−0.0313
(0.0167)
0.1876**
(0.0657)
−0.0219
(0.0363)
0.1075**
(0.0402)
Young female unemployment (%) 0.0002
(0.0014)
0.0108
(0.0134)
−0.2707**
(0.0524)
−0.1870**
(0.0281)
−0.2125**
(0.0320)
R&D 0.0078
(0.0091)
−0.0475
(0.0960)
0.4954
(0.3590)
0.0083
(0.1893)
−0.0288
(0.2127)
External balance (%) 0.0237**
(0.0038)
0.07
(0.0363)
−0.1082
(0.1749)
−0.1175
(0.1052)
0.0981
(0.1178)
Public expenditure (%) 0.0081**
(0.0039)
−0.2011**
(0.0427)
−0.3496**
(0.1734)
0.1256
(0.0931)
0.1642
(0.1095)
year > 2003 0.0051**
(0.0025)
−0.0332**
(0.0138)
−0.0107
(0.1082)
−0.0102
(0.0808)
−0.0042
(0.0475)
year > 2006 0.0006
(0.0025)
−0.0132
(0.0139)
−0.0284
(0.1083)
−0.0158
(0.0808)
−0.0121
(0.0476)
year > 2007 0.0011
(0.0025)
0.0286**
(0.0139)
−0.0257
(0.1083)
0.0103
(0.0809)
0.0148
(0.0476)
Random-effects
 Region
 Country
 Year
DIC −32795.94 −11295.11 −2362.19 −5223.71 −4664.25
Effective number of parameters 3133.15 350.65 227.40 282.85 282.54
CPO −4.1409 −1.7082 −0.5662 −1.2035 −1.0427

amean (standard deviation). ** Those coefficients where the 95 % credible interval did not contain the zero (statistically significant). Source: own construction