Table 3 Male adult mortality rate per thousand individuals by different country categories

Geographical region

Sub-Saharan Africa (Ref.)

316.77 ± 97.49

< 0.001

19.11

Asia Pacific

175.40 ± 71.59

141.37^**

Europe and Central Asia

165.14 ± 90.09

151.62^**

Latin America and Caribbean

198.30 ± 72.34

118.47^**

Middle East and North Africa

136.05 ± 69.29

180.71^**

South Asia

197.37 ± 59.62

119.39^**

North America

106.50 ± 33.23

210.27^**

Economic level

Low income (Ref.)

319.90 ± 77.73

< 0.001

36.33

Lower middle income

257.02 ± 89.47

62.87^*

Upper middle income

196.97 ± 85.04

122.92^**

High income: Non OECD

149.76 ± 87.92

170.14^**

High income: OECD

102.96 ± 38.10

216.93^**

Political stability

Unstable (Ref.)

254.2 ± 96.4

< 0.001

23.72

Average

176.6 ± 107.3

77.58^**

Stable

98.8 ± 32.7

155.39^**

Religion

No state religion (Ref.)

225.5 ± 102.8

0.046

3.63

Christian

186.9 ± 101.6

38.58^*

Muslim

180.0 ± 97.2

45.56^*

Buddhist

197.6 ± 74.6

27.90

Other traditional religion

310.0 ± 149.3

−84.43^*

Universal Health Coverage

No (Ref.)

244.5 ± 100.3

< 0.001

61.89

Yes

126.5 ± 66.2

118.0**