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| 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. Author's affiliation Anton E. Kunst Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands Vivian Bos Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands Otto Andersen Statistics Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark Mario Cardano Turin University, Italy Giuseppe Costa Turin University, Italy Seeromanie Harding Medical Research Council, Glasgow, United Kingdom Örjan Hemström Stockholm University, Sweden Richard Layte Economic and Social Research Council, Dublin, Ireland Enrique Regidor Ministry of Health, Madrid, Spain Alison Reid University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia Paula Santana University of Coimbra, Portugal Tapani Valkonen University of Helsinki, Finland Johan P. Mackenbach Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands Keywords Europe, methodology, mortality, socio-economic factors, trends Word count (Main text) 6530 Other Articles by the same author/authors (in Demographic Research)
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