Widening socioeconomic inequalities in mortality in six Western European countries | Zendy

Johan P. Mackenbach | Zendy; Vivian Bos | Zendy; Otto Andersen | Zendy; Mario Cardano | Zendy; Giuseppe Costa | Zendy; Seeromanie Harding | Zendy; Alison Reid | Zendy; Örjan Hemström | Zendy; Tapani Valkonen | Zendy; Anton E. Kunst | Zendy

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Widening socioeconomic inequalities in mortality in six Western European countries

Author(s) -

Johan P. Mackenbach,

Vivian Bos,

Otto Andersen,

Mario Cardano,

Giuseppe Costa,

Seeromanie Harding,

Alison Reid,

Örjan Hemström,

Tapani Valkonen,

Anton E. Kunst

Publication year - 2003

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyg209

Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , inequality , geography , demography , epidemiology , medicine , environmental health , socioeconomics , population , sociology , mathematics , mathematical analysis

During the past decades a widening of the relative gap in death rates between upper and lower socioeconomic groups has been reported for several European countries. Although differential mortality decline for cardiovascular diseases has been suggested as an important contributory factor, it is not known what its quantitative contribution was, and to what extent other causes of death have contributed to the widening gap in total mortality.

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