Table 3: Multivariate regression models with annual rate of decrease of mortality (ß) at age 35-54 years in 18 different OECD countries as dependent variable.

Modell	Determinant	Coefficient	SE	p-level	R2
Modell 0					0.1686
	History (H1990)	-0.0126	0.007	0.0906
Modell 1					0.1697
	History	-0.0122	0.0078	0.136
	Mortality at age 0 in 1950-59	-2.871	19.95	0.8875
Modell 2					0.1726
	History	-0.013	0.0074	0.0973
	Mortality at age 1-4 in 1950-59	40.207	148.44	0.7902
Modell 3					0.1695
	History	-0.0125	0.0073	0.1096
	GDP per capita	0.0097	0.0745	0.8979
Modell 4					0.3869
	History	-0.0129	0.0071	0.0918
	Gini index	0.1734	0.0828	0.0565
Model 5					0.3421
	History	-0.01	0.0066	0.1507
	Poverty rate	19.3863	9.7456	0.0652
Modell 6					0.2128
	History	-0.0105	0.0074	0.1765
	Publicly funded health care	-0.4387	0.4778	0.3731