Occupational differences in mortality and life expectancy persist after retirement and throughout life.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

There are substantial differences in remaining life expectancy at higher ages between occupational groups. These differences may be the effect of work-related exposures, lifestyle factors of workers in specific occupations, socioeconomic position or a combination of this. The scope of this paper is the extent to which occupational differences in remaining life expectancy persist after retirement, which would suggest that occupational exposures alone are not likely to explain all the difference.

Methods

All individuals born between 1925 and 1939 who reported occupational information in the Census 1985 and were residents in Sweden to the end of 2020 or who died were included and followed for death until 2020. The Nordic Classification of Occupations was used to create nin

SUBMITTER: Marcus E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10350732 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature