Cause-of-Death Contributions to Educational Inequalities in Mortality in Austria between 1981/1982 and 1991/1992

Roland Rau (), Gabriele Doblhammer, Vladimir Canudas-Romo and Zhang Zhen
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Roland Rau: Duke University
Gabriele Doblhammer: University of Rostock
Vladimir Canudas-Romo: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Zhang Zhen: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

European Journal of Population, 2008, vol. 24, issue 3, No 2, 265-286

Abstract: Abstract This article uses census records and deaths records to analyze trends in educational inequalities in mortality for Austrian women and men aged 35–64 years between 1981/1982 and 1991/1992. We find an increasing gradient in mortality by education for circulatory diseases and especially ischaemic heart disease. Respiratory diseases and, in addition for women, cancers showed the opposite trend. Using decomposition analysis, we give evidence that in many cases changes in the age-structure within the 10-year interval had a bigger effect than direct improvements in mortality on the analyzed subpopulations.

Keywords: Austria; Causes of death; Decomposition analysis; Education; Mortality; Trends; Socioeconomic factors; Autriche; Causes de décès; Analyse par décomposition; Éducation; Mortalité; Tendances; Facteurs socio-économiques (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1007/s10680-007-9145-3

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