Spatio-temporal Analysis of District-level Life Expectancy from 2004 to 2017 in Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health indicators, such as mortality rates or life expectancy, need to be presented at the local level to improve the health of local residents and to reduce health inequality across geographic areas. The aim of this study was to estimate life expectancy at the district level in Korea through a spatio-temporal analysis.

Methods

Spatio-temporal models were applied to the National Health Information Database of the National Health Insurance Service to estimate the mortality rates for 19 age groups in 250 districts from 2004 to 2017 by gender in Korea. Annual district-level life tables by gender were constructed using the estimated mortality rates, and then annual district-level life expectancy by gender was estimated using the life table method and the Kannisto-That

SUBMITTER: Lim HK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7801148 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature