| AIS | Acute ischemic stroke |
| AMI | Acute myocardial infarction |
| AMId | Deaths from acute myocardial infarction |
| AMId_Q | Deaths from acute myocardial infarction - Quartile |
| DIAd | Deaths from diabetes mellitus |
| DIAd_Q | Deaths from diabetes mellitus - Quartile |
| Expend_H | Health expenditure in the percentage of GDP |
| Expend_H_Q | Expend_H - Quartile |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| HC_index | Health Care Index |
| HC_index_Q | HC_index - Quartile |
| HC_System | Health Care System |
| Life_expect | Average life expectancy at birth |
| Life_expect_Q | Life_expect - Quartile |
| MI | Multiple insurance funds or companies |
| NHS | A national health system covering the country as a whole |
| SPM | A single health insurance fund (single-payer model) |
| Self_rep_H | Perceived health status (surveyed 5-item scale - good and very good in percentage for all populations) |
| Self_rep_H_Q | Self_rep_H - Quartile |