Education-related inequalities in cause-specific mortality: first estimates for Australia using individual-level linked census and mortality data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Socioeconomic inequalities in mortality are evident in all high-income countries, and ongoing monitoring is recommended using linked census-mortality data. Using such data, we provide the first estimates of education-related inequalities in cause-specific mortality in Australia, suitable for international comparisons.

Methods

We used Australian Census (2016) linked to 13 months of Death Registrations (2016-17). We estimated relative rates (RR) and rate differences (RD, per 100 000 person-years), comparing rates in low (no qualifications) and intermediate (secondary school) with high (tertiary) education for individual causes of death (among those aged 25-84 years) and grouped according to preventability (25-74 years), separately by sex and age group, adjusting for

SUBMITTER: Welsh J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8743133 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature