Progress against inequalities in mortality: register-based study of 15 European countries between 1990 and 2015.

ABSTRACT: Socioeconomic inequalities in mortality are a challenge for public health around the world, but appear to be resistant to policy-making. We aimed to identify European countries which have been more successful than others in narrowing inequalities in mortality, and the factors associated with narrowing inequalities. We collected and harmonised mortality data by educational level in 15 European countries over the last 25 years, and quantified changes in inequalities in mortality using a range of measures capturing different perspectives on inequality (e.g., 'relative' and 'absolute' inequalities, inequalities in 'attainment' and 'shortfall'). We determined which causes of death contributed to narrowing of inequalities, and conducted country- and period-fixed effects analyses to assess which

SUBMITTER: Mackenbach JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7010632 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature