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Table 3 Descriptive statistics for the periods 1980–1995 and 2000–2010, ages >20 years, Colombia

From: The public health impact of economic fluctuations in a Latin American country: mortality and the business cycle in Colombia in the period 1980–2010

 

1980–1995

2000–2010

Mean

Standard deviation

Mean

Standard deviation

Response variable:

    

 Mortality rates (per 100,000 population)*

    

 Men

    

  20–44 years

75.59

11.22

68.19

12.21

  45–64 years

201.39

8.59

158.70

15.07

  65+ years

1009.54

68.79

932.02

18.43

 Women

    

  20–44 years

24.26

2.65

18.58

1.60

  45–64 years

141.38

10.31

98.76

8.81

  65+ years

824.00

54.68

743.92

13.97

Explanatory variables:

    

 Economic conditions

    

  GDP per capita – year (constant thousands of 2005 COP: Colombian Pesos)

4420

1634

7381

5022

 Control variables

    

  College enrollment rate

  

17.9 %

17.2 %

  Percentage of affiliation to subsidized scheme

  

47.7 %

19.2 %

  Percentage of affiliation to contributive scheme

  

26.6 %

13.6 %

  Health transfers (constant million of 2005 COP)

  

101235

0.0022

  1. *Average age-standardized mortality rates for each sex and age group separately by period