{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["11"],"submitter":["Zhang L"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>China's rapid economic and social development since the early 2000s has caused significant shifts in its epidemiological transition, potentially leading to health disparities across regions.<h4>Objectives</h4>This study employs Life Expectancy (LE) to assess health disparities and trends among China's eastern, central, and western regions. It also examines the pace of LE gains relative to empirical trends and investigates age and causes of death mortality improvement contributing to regional LE gaps.<h4>Data and methods</h4>Using a log-quadratic model, the study estimates LE in China and its regions from 2004 to 2020, using census and death cause surveillance data. It also utilizes the Human Mortality Database (HMD) and the LE gains by LE level approach to analyze China "],"journal":["Frontiers in public health"],"pagination":["1271469"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10764032"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Life expectancy inequalities between regions of China 2004-2020: contribution of age- and cause-specific mortality."],"pmcid":["PMC10764032"],"pubmed_authors":["Sun L","Zhang L"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Life expectancy inequalities between regions of China 2004-2020: contribution of age- and cause-specific mortality.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>China's rapid economic and social development since the early 2000s has caused significant shifts in its epidemiological transition, potentially leading to health disparities across regions.<h4>Objectives</h4>This study employs Life Expectancy (LE) to assess health disparities and trends among China's eastern, central, and western regions. It also examines the pace of LE gains relative to empirical trends and investigates age and causes of death mortality improvement contributing to regional LE gaps.<h4>Data and methods</h4>Using a log-quadratic model, the study estimates LE in China and its regions from 2004 to 2020, using census and death cause surveillance data. It also utilizes the Human Mortality Database (HMD) and the LE gains by LE level approach to analyze China ","dates":{"release":"2023-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2023","modification":"2025-04-05T12:47:48.707Z","creation":"2025-04-05T12:47:48.707Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC10764032","cross_references":{"pubmed":["38174074"],"doi":["10.3389/fpubh.2023.1271469"]}}