Figure 2

Box-plots for avoidable mortality in small areas of 15 European cities. The box-plots show the range of mortality between the areas with the lowest and highest mortality in each city. The rectangles are the range between the 25th and 75th percentile and single dots represent single areas that are considered as outliers with very high mortality. The box-plot for “ALL” at the bottom shows the simple aggregation of all areas of all cities and is therefore dominated by cities with many areas. With these graphs it is possible to compare the level of mortality of a city relative to the EU-average, and to see the range of mortality across areas of one city.