Contributions of avoidable mortality to the sex gap in life expectancy and life disparity in Iran.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Public health policies and healthcare quality play a pivotal role on the health outcome level and disparities across sociodemographic groups. However, there is little evidence on their role on disparities in life expectancy (LE) and life disparity (LD) in low and middle income countries. The present study aimed to assess the contributions of avoidable mortality, as a measure of inter-sectoral public health policies and healthcare quality, into the sex gap in LE (SGLE) and LD (SGLD) in Iran.

Methods

Latest available data of death causes, according to the ICD codes, for Iran was obtained from the WHO mortality database for the period 2015-2016. An upper age limit of 75 years was applied to define avoidable causes of death. LD was measured as the average years of lif

SUBMITTER: Bayati M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10327277 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature