Method for reconstructing mortality by educational groups.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The lack of classification by educational attainment in death and population exposure data at older ages is an important constraint for studying changes and patterns of mortality disparities by education in Denmark and Sweden. The missing educational distribution of population also restricts analyses aiming at estimating contributions of compositional change to the improvements in national longevity. This study proposes a transparent approach to solve the two methodological issues allowing to obtain robust education-specific mortality estimates and population weights.

Methods

Using nonparametric approach, we redistribute the unknown cases and extrapolate the mortality curves of these sub-populations with the help of population-level data on an aggregate level from

SUBMITTER: Nemeth L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8393442 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature