Educational Inequalities in Life and Healthy Life Expectancies among the 50-Plus in Spain.

ABSTRACT: This study computes educational inequalities in life expectancy (LE), healthy life expectancy (HLE), and unhealthy life expectancy (ULE) by gender and education level in Spain in 2012. Death registrations and vital status by level of education were obtained from Spain's National Institute of Statistics. Health prevalences were estimated from the National Health Survey for Spain. We used Sullivan's method to compute HLE, ULE, and the proportion of time lived with health problems. Our results reveal that Spanish women live longer than men in all education groups, but a higher proportion of women report poor health. We detect substantial differences in unhealthy life by gender and education, with higher effect for women and for those with low levels of education. Poor self-perceived health sh

SUBMITTER: Sole-Auro A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7277913 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature