Declining regional disparities in mortality in the context of persisting large inequalities in economic conditions: the case of Germany | Zendy

Alyson van Raalte | Zendy; Sebastian Klüsener | Zendy; Anna Oksuzyan | Zendy; Pavel Grigoriev | Zendy

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Declining regional disparities in mortality in the context of persisting large inequalities in economic conditions: the case of Germany

Author(s) -

Alyson van Raalte,

Sebastian Klüsener,

Anna Oksuzyan,

Pavel Grigoriev

Publication year - 2019

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.

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