Open AccessDeclining regional disparities in mortality in the context of persisting large inequalities in economic conditions: the case of Germany
Author(s) -
Alyson A. van Raalte,
Sebastian Klüsener,
Anna Oksuzyan,
Pavel Grigoriev
Publication year - 2020
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/dyz265
Subject(s) - life expectancy , inequality , context (archaeology) , geography , german , demographic economics , demography , development economics , population , economics , sociology , mathematical analysis , mathematics , archaeology
Subnational regional mortality inequalities are large and appear to be mostly increasing within industrialized countries, although comparative studies across high-income countries are scarce. Germany is an important country to examine because it continues to experience considerable economic disparities between its federal states, in part resulting from its former division.