Table 4 Summary measures of inequality in disability-free life expectancy: absolute and relative differences between extremes, absolute and relative population attributable risk (PAR), slope index of inequality (SII), and relative index of inequality (RII) by sex, deprivation quintile and period

Absolute differences

5.3

6.7

Relative differences between extremes

8.0

9.9

Absolute PAR

1.7

2.8

Relative PAR

2.5

3.9

SII

?6.4

?8.2

RII

9.1

11.5

Ratio quintile 1/quintile 5

1.1

1.1

Women

Absolute differences

4.4

3.7

Relative differences between extremes

6.0

4.9

Absolute PAR

2.3

2.2

Relative PAR

3.0

2.9

SII

?5.6

?3.3

RII

7.4

4.3

Ratio quintile 1/quintile 5

1.1

1.1