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Table 1 Population-attributable risk of inequality by age, education level, and occupational categories

From: Health inequity in workers of Latin America and the Caribbean

 

Women

Men

Age groups

Education Level

Occupational categories

Age groups

Education Level

Occupational categories

Country

Population attributable risk

Population attributable risk(%)

Population attributable risk

Population attributable risk(%)

Population attributable risk

Population attributable risk(%)

Population attributable risk

Population attributable risk(%)

Population attributable risk

Population attributable risk(%)

Population attributable risk

Population attributable risk(%)

Argentina

10.4

58.2

8.6

47.8

8.5

60.5

7.6

53.6

Brazil

10.7

42.4

12.4

49.1

10.8

42.7

10.7

48.0

11.8

53.1

9.6

43.1

Chile

21.9

81.5

7.3

27.6

6.6

25.0

7.5

52.0

8.4

58.2

6.3

43.6

Colombia

7.8

43.0

7.9

43.6

7.6

41.6

7.9

58.5

7.7

57.0

7.2

53.3

Costa Rica

16.7

60.0

7.3

26.3

14.1

50.9

9.3

36.3

15.9

62.1

12.0

46.8

Ecuador

12.5

31.9

13.0

33.3

13.4

34.1

10.8

32.2

13.4

39.7

13.1

39.0

El Salvador

20.1

63.8

7.4

23.6

4.6

14.6

15.3

57.0

16.8

62.6

15.7

58.5

Guatemala

4.1

20.9

7.6

38.9

6.2

31.8

5.7

23.6

17.0

70.2

18.3

75.3

Honduras

7.8

18.1

22.8

52.9

6.0

13.8

25.0

57.1

17.0

38.7

20.2

46.0

Mexico

13.3

55.3

14.1

58.9

17.3

72.2

4.5

19.4

12.0

52.3

4.8

20.8

Nicaragua

12.5

26.0

15.0

31.2

10.0

20.9

15.8

36.5

11.7

26.9

13.4

30.8

Panama

16.3

54.3

4.5

14.8

5.4

17.9

11.2

48.7

6.6

28.9

6.3

27.3

Peru

14.4

33.0

11.6

26.5

2.2

5.1

14.0

40.4

8.6

24.8

9.8

28.5

Puerto Rico

18.1

73.7

2.7

10.9

10.4

57.5

5.5

30.6

Uruguay

10.4

68.2

5.9

38.8

5.5

36.4

1.8

19.8

2.3

24.7

3.4

36.5

  1. Population-attributable risk = Conutry prevalence of SPH minus healthiest-group prevalence of SPH
  2. Population-attributable risk(%) = Population attributable risk divided by the population mean × 100