Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in cause-specific premature mortality in Belgium, 1998-2019.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Higher levels of socioeconomic deprivation have been consistently associated with increased risk of premature mortality, but a detailed analysis by causes of death is lacking in Belgium. We aim to investigate the association between area deprivation and all-cause and cause-specific premature mortality in Belgium over the period 1998-2019.

Methods

We used the 2001 and 2011 Belgian Indices of Multiple Deprivation to assign statistical sectors, the smallest geographical units in the country, into deprivation deciles. All-cause and cause-specific premature mortality rates, population attributable fraction, and potential years of life lost due to inequality were estimated by period, sex, and deprivation deciles.

Results

Men and women living in the most deprived

SUBMITTER: Otavova M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10868013 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature