Table 1.

Characteristics of decedent cohort by type of mortality

Variable	Deaths from all causes	Deaths from premature causes
		Avoidable mortality (AM)			Non-avoidable mortality
		Overall AM	AM from preventable causes	AM from treatable causes
Total population	N = 1,740,158	N = 463,015	N = 294,799	N = 168,216	N = 228,438
Age (years)
Mean age ± SD	75.1 ± 15.5	60.5 ± 12.5	60.0 ± 12.9	61.5 ± 11.7	59.2 ± 14.4
0-17	8689 (0.5%)	4060 (0.9%)	2563 (0.9%)	1497 (0.9%)	4629 (2.0%)
18-44	72,399 (4.2%)	44,874 (9.7%)	32,486 (11.0%)	12,388 (7.4%)	27,525 (12.0%)
45-54	181,943 (10.5%)	124,343 (26.9%)	78,604 (26.7%)	45,739 (27.2%)	57,600 (25.2%)
55-64	96,981 (5.6%)	66,302 (14.3%)	42,741 (14.5%)	23,561 (14.0%)	30,679 (13.4%)
65-74	331,073 (19.0%)	223,239 (48.2%)	138,323 (46.9%)	84,916 (50.5%)	107,834 (47.2%)
75-84	526,801 (30.3%)	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
85+	521,904 (30.0%)	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Missing	368 (0.0%)	197 (0.0%)	82 (0.0%)	115 (0.1%)	171 (0.1%)
Sex
F	862,432 (49.6%)	179,918 (38.9%)	100,503 (34.1%)	79,415 (47.2%)	94,661 (41.4%)
M	877,718 (50.4%)	283,096 (61.1%)	194,295 (65.9%)	88,801 (52.8%)	133,774 (58.6%)
Urban vs. Rural
Urban	1,469,787 (84.5%)	388,824 (84.0%)	246,877 (83.7%)	141,947 (84.4%)	191,822 (84.0%)
Rural	268,544 (15.4%)	73,654 (15.9%)	47,579 (16.1%)	26,075 (15.5%)	36,337 (15.9%)
Missing	1827 (0.1%)	537 (0.1%)	343 (0.1%)	194 (0.1%)	279 (0.1%)
Total Comorbidities
Mean ± SD	4.1 ± 2.2	3.4 ± 2.2	3.3 ± 2.2	3.5 ± 2.2	3.2 ± 2.1
Low (0-3)	739,361 (42.5%)	264,966 (57.2%)	172,042 (58.4%)	92,924 (55.2%)	138,711 (60.7%)
Medium (4-5)	531,402 (30.5%)	118,141 (25.5%)	75,079 (25.5%)	43,062 (25.6%)	57,759 (25.3%)
High (6)	195,296 (11.2%	35,127 (7.6%)	21,453 (7.3%)	13,674 (8.1%)	15,093 (6.6%)
Very high (≥7)	274,099 (15.8%)	44,781 (9.7%)	26,225 (8.9%)	18,556 (11.0%)	16,875 (7.4%)