Supplementary Table 1: Potential determinants.

Group Determinant Year Mean Coefficient of Variation Source Remark
Early life conditions Mortality age 0, per 1000 1940-49 62.9 0.4688 The Human Mortality Database Austria, Japan 1947-49; New Zeeland 1948-49
Mortality age 0 per 1000 1950-59 37.9 0.4963 The Human Mortality Database
Mortality age 0 per 1000 1970-79 16.6 0.4629 The Human Mortality Database
Mortality age 1-4 per 1000 1940-49 7.32 0.4824 The Human Mortality Database Austria, Japan 1947-49; New Zeeland 1948-49
Mortality age 1-4 per 1000 1950-59 2.52 0.9746 The Human Mortality Database
Mortality age 1-4 per 1000 1970-79 0. 803 0.4521 The Human Mortality Database
General resources GDP per capita. 1000 US $, PPP, current prices 2000 27.0 0.1738 OECD, 2016
Distribution of resources Gini index Around 2005 32.1 0.1285 World Bank, 2015 No data: New Zeeland, Portugal
Poverty rate 1990-2010 0.1019 0.3294 OECD, 2016
Health specific resources Publicly funded health care, % of GDP 2000 5.8 0.1292 OECD, 2016