Sex differences in cause-specific mortality: regional trends in seven European countries, 1996-2019.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Male excess mortality is mostly related to non-biological factors, and is thus of high social- and health-policy concern. Previous research has mainly focused on national patterns, while subnational disparities have been less in the focus. This study takes a spatial perspective on subnational patterns, covering seven European countries at the crossroad between Eastern and Western Europe.

Methods

We analyze a newly gathered spatially detailed data resource comprising 228 regions with well-established demographic methods to assess the contribution of specific causes of death to the evolution of sex mortality differentials (SMDs) since the mid-1990s.

Results

Our results show that declines in SMDs were mostly driven by a reduction of male excess mortality from

SUBMITTER: Sauerberg M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10710349 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature