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Socioeconomic inequalities in mortality among elderly people in 11 European populations

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Název: Socioeconomic inequalities in mortality among elderly people in 11 European populations
Autoři: Huisman, M. (Martijn), Valkonen, T. (Tapani), Borrell, C. (Carme), Costa, G. (Giuseppe), Spadea, T. (Teresa), Deboosere, P. (Patrick), Desplanques, G., Regidor, E. (Enrique), Donkin, A. (Angela), Minder, C.E. (Christoph), Mackenbach, J.P. (Johan), Gadeyne, S. (Sylvie), Kunst, A.E. (Anton), Bopp, M. (Matthias)
Zdroj: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
Rok vydání: 2004
Sbírka: RePub - Publications from Erasmus University, Rotterdam
Témata: Mortality, Socioeconomic Factors, Adult, Age Distribution, Aged, 80 and over, Educational Status, Europe/epidemiology, Female, Housing/statistics & numerical data, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Registries, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Sex Distribution
Popis: STUDY OBJECTIVE: To describe mortality inequalities related to education and housing tenure in 11 European populations and to describe the age pattern of relative and absolute socioeconomic inequalities in mortality in the elderly European population. DESIGN AND METHODS: Data from mortality registries linked with population census data of 11 countries and regions of Europe were acquired for the beginning of the 1990s. Indicators of socioeconomic status were educational level and housing tenure. The study determined mortality rate ratios, relative indices of inequality (RII), and mortality rate differences. The age range was 30 to 90+ years. Analyses were performed on the pooled European data, including all populations, and on the data of populations separately. Data were included from Finland, Norway, Denmark, England and Wales, Belgium, France, Austria, Switzerland, Barcelona, Madrid, and Turin. MAIN RESULTS: In Europe (populations pooled) relative inequalities in mortality decreased with increasing age, but persisted. Absolute educational mortality differences increased until the ages 90+. In some of the populations, relative inequalities among older women were as large as those among middle aged women. The decline of relative educational inequalities was largest in Norway (men and women) and Austria (men). Relative educational inequalities did not decrease, or hardly decreased with age in England and Wales (men), Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, and Turin (women). CONCLUSIONS: Socioeconomic inequalities in mortality among older men and women were found to persist in each country, sometimes of similar magnitude as those among the middle aged. Mortality inequalities among older populations are an important public health problem in Europe.
Druh dokumentu: article in journal/newspaper
Popis souboru: application/pdf
Jazyk: English
Relation: https://repub.eur.nl/pub/8383; urn:hdl:1765/8383
Dostupnost: https://repub.eur.nl/pub/8383
Přístupové číslo: edsbas.1A8B49BC
Databáze: BASE
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Abstrakt:STUDY OBJECTIVE: To describe mortality inequalities related to education and housing tenure in 11 European populations and to describe the age pattern of relative and absolute socioeconomic inequalities in mortality in the elderly European population. DESIGN AND METHODS: Data from mortality registries linked with population census data of 11 countries and regions of Europe were acquired for the beginning of the 1990s. Indicators of socioeconomic status were educational level and housing tenure. The study determined mortality rate ratios, relative indices of inequality (RII), and mortality rate differences. The age range was 30 to 90+ years. Analyses were performed on the pooled European data, including all populations, and on the data of populations separately. Data were included from Finland, Norway, Denmark, England and Wales, Belgium, France, Austria, Switzerland, Barcelona, Madrid, and Turin. MAIN RESULTS: In Europe (populations pooled) relative inequalities in mortality decreased with increasing age, but persisted. Absolute educational mortality differences increased until the ages 90+. In some of the populations, relative inequalities among older women were as large as those among middle aged women. The decline of relative educational inequalities was largest in Norway (men and women) and Austria (men). Relative educational inequalities did not decrease, or hardly decreased with age in England and Wales (men), Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, and Turin (women). CONCLUSIONS: Socioeconomic inequalities in mortality among older men and women were found to persist in each country, sometimes of similar magnitude as those among the middle aged. Mortality inequalities among older populations are an important public health problem in Europe.