Table 3.

Life expectancy at age 25 (LE₂₅), LE₂₅ inequalities by educational level (gap) and Composite Inequality Indices (CII) of LE₂₅ in the non-migrant population in 2001, 2011 and change over time (Δ), Belgium

Educational level	LE25, 2001	LE25, 2011	Δ LE25	P value	Ineq, 2001	Ineq, 2011	Change Ineq, abs	Change Ineq,%	P value
Male
GAPS
Low	50.63	51.74	1.11	< 0.001	5.19	6.07	+ 0.87	+ 16.8%	< 0.001
Mid	53.18	54.73	1.55	< 0.001	2.65	3.08	+ 0.43	+ 16.2%	< 0.001
High	55.82	57.81	1.99	< 0.001	ref	ref	ref	ref	/
CIIs
CII, Abs.	.	.	.	.	3.14	3.36	+ 0.23	+ 7.3%	< 0.001
CII, Rel.	.	.	.	.	6.1%	6.3%	+ 0.2%	+3.3%	0.004
Female
GAPS
Low	57.14	57.32	0.18	< 0.001	3.76	4.58	+ 0.82	+ 21.8%	< 0.001
Mid	59.14	60.09	0.95	< 0.001	1.76	1.81	+ 0.05	+ 2.8%	0.4561
High	60.90	61.90	1.00	< 0.001	ref	ref	ref	ref	/
CIIs
CII, Abs.	.	.	.	.	2.32	2.38	+ 0.05	+ 2.2%	0.217
CII, Rel.	.	.	.	.	4.1%	4.0%	− 0.1%	− 2.4%	0.696