Table 2 Relative inequalities in mortality during the first COVID-19 wave among the Belgian population aged 25–64 years, by gender

 Age at census

1.10

1.09–1.10

1.10

1.09–1.10

1.10

1.09–1.10

1.10

1.09–1.10

1.09

1.09–1.10

  Primary or less

1.51

1.37–1.67

1.28

1.15–1.41

1.29

1.17–1.43

1.23

1.11–1.36

1.18

1.06–1.30

  Lower secondary

1.21

1.12–1.31

1.23

1.13–1.33

1.12

1.03–1.22

1.14

1.05–1.24

1.13

1.04–1.22

  Upper secondary

0.87

0.81–0.94

1.00

0.93–1.09

0.91

0.84–0.99

0.94

0.87–1.03

0.96

0.88–1.04

  Higher education

0.56

0.51–0.62

0.76

0.69–0.85

0.72

0.64–0.80

0.75

0.67–0.84

0.78

0.70–0.87

  Missing

1.13

1.02–1.25

0.83

0.75–0.93

1.06

0.93–1.20

1.01

0.89–1.14

1.01

0.89–1.14

  Low

1.38

1.28–1.47

1.41

1.32–1.51

1.38

1.29–1.48

1.12

1.03–1.21

  Middle

0.74

0.68–0.80

0.72

0.67–0.79

0.81

0.75–0.88

0.80

0.74–0.87

  High

0.50

0.46–0.55

0.48

0.44–0.52

0.57

0.52–0.62

0.62

0.57–0.68

  Missing

1.95

1.75–2.17

2.05

1.84–2.29

1.57

1.40–1.75

1.80

1.61–2.01

  Belgian

1.28

1.18–1.39

1.21

1.11–1.31

1.20

1.11–1.30

  FG non-Belgian

0.69

0.62–0.77

0.78

0.70–0.86

0.80

0.72–0.89

  SG non-Belgian

1.14

1.02–1.28

1.07

0.95–1.20

1.04

0.93–1.17

  With partner

0.45

0.41–0.48

0.48

0.44–0.52

  Without partner

0.97

0.89–1.05

0.99

0.91–1.07

  Other

0.83

0.74–0.93

0.89

0.79–1.00

  Collective HH

2.79

2.38–3.27

2.37

2.03–2.77

  No

0.63

0.59–0.67

  Yes

1.58

1.49–1.68

 Likelihood-ratio test

 Prob > chi²

 Age at census

1.10

1.09–1.11

1.10

1.09–1.11

1.10

1.09–1.11

1.10

1.09–1.10

1.09

1.09–1.10

  Primary or less

1.59

1.41–1.81

1.45

1.27–1.64

1.48

1.30–1.68

1.36

1.19–1.54

1.30

1.14–1.47

  Lower secondary

1.11

1.00–1.24

1.10

0.98–1.22

0.96

0.86–1.08

0.99

0.88–1.11

0.97

0.86–1.08

  Upper secondary

0.79

0.71–0.87

0.86

0.77–0.95

0.74

0.67–0.83

0.78

0.70–0.88

0.80

0.71–0.89

  Higher education

0.60

0.54–0.68

0.82

0.72–0.93

0.74

0.64–0.84

0.80

0.70–0.91

0.84

0.73–0.96

  Missing

1.19

1.04–1.37

0.90

0.78–1.05

1.29

1.07–1.55

1.19

1.00–1.42

1.20

1.01–1.42

  Low

1.02

0.93–1.12

1.03

0.94–1.13

1.19

1.08–1.30

0.92

0.83–1.02

  Middle

0.85

0.76–0.95

0.82

0.73–0.92

0.90

0.80–1.01

0.86

0.77–0.97

  High

0.52

0.45–0.60

0.49

0.42–0.56

0.54

0.46–0.62

0.60

0.51–0.69

  Missing

2.22

1.92–2.55

2.42

2.09–2.79

1.74

1.49–2.03

2.12

1.81–2.47

  Belgian

1.34

1.20–1.50

1.29

1.16–1.43

1.29

1.16–1.43

  FG non-Belgian

0.58

0.49–0.68

0.65

0.56–0.76

0.67

0.58–0.78

  SG non-Belgian

1.29

1.11–1.50

1.19

1.03–1.39

1.16

1.00–1.35

  With partner

0.37

0.33–0.41

0.42

0.37–0.46

  Without partner

0.74

0.67–0.83

0.74

0.67–0.83

  Other

0.80

0.68–0.94

0.84

0.71–0.99

  Collective HH

4.52

3.67–5.57

3.83

3.14–4.68

  No

0.57

0.53–0.61

  Yes

1.76

1.64–1.90

 Likelihood-ratio test

 Prob > chi²