Increasing educational attainment and mortality reduction: a systematic review and taxonomy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding the relationship between increasing educational attainment and mortality reduction has important policy and public health implications. This systematic review of the literature establishes a taxonomy to facilitate evaluation of the association between educational attainment and early mortality.

Methods

Following PRISMA guidelines, we searched Ovid Medline, Embase, PubMed and hand searches of references for English-language primary data analyses using education as an independent variable and mortality as a dependent variable. Initial searches were undertaken in February 2015 and updated in April 2016.

Results

One thousand, seven hundred and eleven unique articles were identified, 418 manuscripts were screened and 262 eligible studies were inclu

SUBMITTER: Byhoff E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5604174 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature