Potential gains in life expectancy by reducing inequality of lifespans in Denmark: an international comparison and cause-of-death analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Reducing lifespan inequality is increasingly recognized as a health policy objective. Whereas lifespan inequality declined with rising longevity in most developed countries, Danish life expectancy stagnated between 1975 and 1995 for females and progressed slowly for males. It is unknown how Danish lifespan inequality changed, which causes of death drove these developments, and where the opportunities for further improvements lie now.

Methods

We present an analytical strategy based on cause-by-age decompositions to simultaneously analyze changes in Danish life expectancy and lifespan inequality from 1960 to 2014, as well as current Swedish-Danish differences.

Results

Stagnation in Danish life expectancy coincided with a shorter period of stagnation in lifesp

SUBMITTER: Aburto JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6033219 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature