Figure 1

Correlations between morbidity prevalence and prevalence ratio of reporting poor health (A) and between mortality rate and relative risk (B and C). A: Morbidity prevalence of poor health versus prevalence ratios of 1 standard deviation decrease of full-time educational years for men and women in 6 age cohorts belonging to 23 European countries. Data source is the European Social Survey from 2002, 2004 and 2006 (merged). B: Rate ratio of mortality according to educational level plotted against the respective mortality rates by 5-year age group, aged 30 years or older in the SEDHA study. C: Rate ratio of mortality according to educational level plotted against the respective mortality rates by 5-year age group in the HUNT study.