TABLE 2A-8 Cause-of-Death Contributions to Gap in e50 in 2004*
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AUS
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CAN
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DNK
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ESP
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FRA
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Females
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Cardiovascular diseases
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0.7
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0.9
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0.1
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0.8
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1.6
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Heart diseases
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0.9
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0.8
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0.5
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0.9
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1.4
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Cerebrovascular & other circulatory diseases
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−0.1
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0.1
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−0.4
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−0.1
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0.2
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Cancers
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0.3
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−0.2
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−0.9
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0.8
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0.5
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Lung cancer
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0.4
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0.0
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−0.1
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0.6
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0.6
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Other smoking-related cancers
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0.0
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0.0
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−0.2
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0.1
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0.0
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Breast cancer
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0.0
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0.0
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−0.2
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0.1
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−0.1
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Other cancers
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−0.1
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−0.1
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−0.4
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0.0
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−0.1
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Respiratory diseases
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0.3
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0.3
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−0.2
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0.4
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0.7
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Mental disorders/nervous system/sense organs
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0.2
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0.0
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0.0
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0.1
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0.1
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Ill-defined causes
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0.1
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0.0
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−0.4
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−0.1
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−0.4
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Other remaining causes
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0.6
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0.3
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0.0
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0.4
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0.4
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External causes
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0.1
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0.0
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0.0
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0.1
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−0.1
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Infectious diseases
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0.1
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0.1
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0.1
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0.1
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0.1
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Diabetes mellitus
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0.1
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0.1
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0.1
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0.1
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0.2
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Digestive diseases
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0.1
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0.0
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−0.2
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0.0
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0.0
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Genitourinary diseases
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0.1
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0.1
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0.1
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0.1
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0.2
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All else
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.1
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0.0
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Total gap in e50
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2.2
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1.4
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−1.3
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2.3
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2.8
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Males
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Cardiovascular diseases
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0.9
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0.8
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0.0
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0.9
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1.2
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Heart diseases
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1.0
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0.8
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0.5
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1.1
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1.3
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Cerebrovascular & other circulatory diseases
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−0.1
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0.0
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−0.5
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−0.2
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0.0
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Cancers
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0.0
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−0.1
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−0.7
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−0.5
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−0.7
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Lung cancer
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0.3
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0.1
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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Other smoking-related cancers
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0.0
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0.0
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−0.2
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−0.2
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−0.2
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Prostate cancer
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−0.1
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0.0
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−0.2
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0.0
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−0.1
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Other cancers
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−0.2
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−0.2
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−0.3
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−0.3
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−0.5
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Respiratory diseases
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0.3
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0.2
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0.0
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−0.1
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0.4
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Mental disorders/nervous system/sense organs
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0.2
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0.0
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−0.2
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0.1
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0.0
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Ill-defined causes
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0.0
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0.0
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−0.4
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−0.1
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−0.4
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Other remaining causes
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0.6
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0.4
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0.1
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0.3
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0.2
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External causes
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0.2
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0.1
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0.1
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0.1
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−0.1
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Infectious diseases
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0.2
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0.1
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0.1
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0.1
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0.1
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Diabetes mellitus
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0.1
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0.0
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0.0
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0.2
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0.2
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Digestive diseases
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0.1
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0.0
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−0.2
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−0.2
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−0.1
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Genitourinary diseases
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0.1
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0.1
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0.0
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0.1
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0.1
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All else
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.1
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0.0
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Total gap in e50
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2.1
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1.3
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−1.2
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0.6
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0.7
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NOTE: AUS = Australia, CAN = Canada, DNK = Denmark, ESP = Spain, FRA = France, GBR = United Kingdom, ITA = Italy, JPN = Japan, NLD = the Netherlands.
*Based on data from 2003 for Italy.
aBased on the simple mean across countries.
bData for various countries are aggregated before calculating death rates; thus, the results represent a weighted mean.
SOURCES: Calculations by authors based on data from the Human Mortality Database and the World Health Organization Mortality Database.
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