Table 4

Summary results of male and female garbage (age-cause standardised), country-level analysis

Garbage (both sexes)Average country garbage (%)Absolute difference (p.p.)*
FemaleMaleAverageMedian
All (n=64)34.7 (34.6–34.8)33.3 (33.2–33.3)1.4 (1.3–1.6)1.4 (1.3–1.5)
40%+ (n=20)51.3 (51.1–51.4)49.7 (49.6–49.9)1.5 (1.3–1.7)1.4 (1.2–1.7)
25<40% (n=28)32.8 (32.6–33.0)31.1 (30.9–31.3)1.7 (1.4–1.9)1.4 (1.2–1.6)
<25% (n=16)19.8 (19.6–20.0)18.7 (18.6–19.9)1.1 (0.8–1.3)1.2 (0.9–1.4)
  • Male garbage % standardised to female age-cause death distribution. Country-level average and median. Results in parentheses are 95% uncertainty intervals.

  • *Female–male.

  • n, number of countries; p.p., percentage points.