Sociodemographic Indicators of Child and Adolescent Mortality in Finland-A Nationwide Study of 310 Municipalities Covering Over 5,000,000 Inhabitants.

ABSTRACT: Background: The reduction of child and adolescent deaths (defined as decedents aged 0-19 years) remains a crucial public health priority also in high-income countries such as Finland. There is evidence of a relationship between socioeconomic gradients and child mortality, but the association is considered complex and relatively poorly understood. Exploiting a Finnish dataset with nationwide coverage, the present study aimed to shed light on the sociodemographic predictors of child and adolescent mortality at the municipality level. Methods: A public database of Statistics Finland was queried for municipality-level data on sociodemographic traits and child and adolescent deaths in Finland during the years 2011-2018. The sociodemographic indicators included total population siz

SUBMITTER: Oura P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8548607 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature