Relative indices of inequality (RII) related to education and mortality rates (MR) for total cancer mortality, by population and gender (source: Eurothine, 2007)

The above data were retrieved from Eurothine, 2007. The values for mortality rates are age adjusted using direct standardisation per 100,000 person years.

The Relative Index of Inequality (RII) can be interpreted as the ratio between the rate of total cancer mortality in the lowest educational group and the rate of total cancer mortality in the highest educational group.

The classification of the educational groups used in the figure above is adapted from the ISCED. Data apply to the 1990s.

Also see Relative indices of inequality related to education and mortality rates for total cancer mortality and EUphacts Breast cancer and Lung cancer.