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Health inequalities in Korea: age- and sex-specific educational differences in the 10 leading causes of death

Author(s) -

YoungHo Khang

Publication year - 2004

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/dyg244

Subject(s) - demography , death certificate , socioeconomic status , mortality rate , educational attainment , inequality , population , medicine , ischaemic heart disease , gerontology , social inequality , disease , cause of death , sociology , pathology , mathematical analysis , mathematics , economics , economic growth

An ideological climate has persisted in Korea that has discouraged public discussion of social inequalities. Thus studies on inequalities in mortality remain undeveloped. This study is to examine age- and cause-specific socioeconomic mortality differentials for both men and women representative of the Korean population.

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