Monitoring of trends in socioeconomic inequalities in mortality

Anton E. Kunst, Vivian Bos, Johan P. Mackenbach, Otto Andersen, Mario Cardano, Giuseppe Costa, Seeromanie Harding, Örjan Hemström, Richard Layte, Enrique Regidor, Alison Reid, Paula Santana and Tapani Valkonen
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Anton E. Kunst: Erasmus University Medical Center
Vivian Bos: Erasmus University Medical Center
Johan P. Mackenbach: Erasmus University Medical Center
Otto Andersen: Danmarks Statistik
Mario Cardano: Università degli Studi di Torino (UNITO)
Giuseppe Costa: Università degli Studi di Torino (UNITO)
Seeromanie Harding: Medical Research Council
Örjan Hemström: Stockholms Universitet
Richard Layte: Economic and Social Research Institute
Enrique Regidor: Ministry of Health, Spain
Alison Reid: University of Western Australia
Paula Santana: Universidade de Coimbra
Tapani Valkonen: Helsingin Yliopisto (University of Helsinki)

Demographic Research Special Collections, 2004, vol. 2, issue 9, 229-254

Abstract: This paper presents estimates of changes in socioeconomic inequalities in mortality between the 1980s and the 1990s in nine European countries. The best available evidence shows that relative inequalities in mortality generally widened, while the absolute gap remains about the same. However, the pace of change varied greatly, both between countries and within countries (by age and sex). Additional analyses of specific countries illustrated that data problems can often impede an accurate and detailed assessment of change in inequalities in mortality. These illustrations stressed the importance of evaluating methodological problems, and they point to the urgent need for further development of data sources.

Keywords: mortality; Europe; trends; methodology; socioeconomic factors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J1 Z0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2004.S2.9

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