Table 5

Female and male (age-cause standardised) garbage by severity, 64 countries

AllAllVery highHighMediumLow
Female average (%)34.715.74.33.411.4
Male average (%)33.315.33.93.111.0
Average difference* (p.p.)1.40.40.40.30.4
Median difference* (p.p.)1.40.20.40.30.3
  • Male garbage % standardised to female age-cause death distribution. Country-level average and median.

  • *Female–male.

  • p.p., percentage points.