Table 3

Relative and absolute differences in death rate between the overall age-standardised mortality rate and the age-standardised mortality rate in the top three and the bottom three income decile groups by causes of death

	Year	Income group	Preventable mortality				Non-preventable mortality
	Year	Income group	Age-standardised death rate per 100 000	Ratio difference*	Log ratio difference	Rate difference†	Age-standardised death rate per 100 000	Ratio difference*	Log ratio difference	Rate difference†
Age 30–64
	1995–1996	Bottom 30%	302	1.73	0.55	127	237	1.58	0.46	86
		Top 30%	112	0.64	−0.45	−62	110	0.73	−0.31	−41
		Overall	175				150
	2005–2006	Bottom 30%	281	1.98	0.68	139	215	1.79	0.58	95
		Top 30%	79	0.56	−0.58	−63	77	0.64	−0.45	−43
		Overall	142				120
	2016–2017	Bottom 30%	192	2.14	0.76	102	195	1.96	0.67	95
		Top 30%	43	0.48	−0.73	−47	54	0.54	−0.62	−46
		Overall	90				100
Age 65–79
	1995–1996	Bottom 30%	550	1.19	0.17	87	387	1.17	0.16	55
		Top 30%	375	0.81	−0.21	−88	283	0.85	−0.16	−49
		Overall	463				332
	2005–2006	Bottom 30%	489	1.38	0.32	134	370	1.25	0.22	74
		Top 30%	238	0.67	−0.40	−117	235	0.79	−0.24	−62
		Overall	355				297
	2016–2017	Bottom 30%	385	1.66	0.51	153	354	1.44	0.36	108
		Top 30%	132	0.57	−0.56	−99	179	0.73	−0.31	−67
		Overall	232				246
Age 80+
	1995–1996	Bottom 30%	779	1.07	0.07	50	617	1.11	0.10	61
		Top 30%	703	0.96	−0.04	−26	523	0.94	−0.06	−33
		Overall	729				556
	2005–2006	Bottom 30%	597	1.02	0.02	12	609	1.04	0.04	23
		Top 30%	541	0.93	−0.08	−43	561	0.96	−0.04	−25
		Overall	584				587
	2016–2017	Bottom 30%	450	1.12	0.11	47	593	1.10	0.10	55
		Top 30%	352	0.87	−0.13	−51	514	0.96	−0.05	−24
		Overall	403				538

*Ratio difference between the total mortality and the three bottom/top income deciles.
†Rate difference between the total mortality and the three bottom/top income deciles.