Continued increasing social inequality in mortality in Denmark - a nationwide register-based follow-up on previous mortality studies.

IF 2.6 3区医学 Q2 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health Pub Date : 2024-12-10 DOI:10.1177/14034948241302921

Henrik Brønnum-Hansen

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Abstract

Objective: Social inequality in mortality has increased in many countries worldwide and does not appear to be levelling off. Denmark is no exception, and the latest developments are presented in this short communication.

Methods: Trends in life expectancy and changes in the shape of the age-at-death distribution are calculated from nationwide register data on income and education linked to mortality data.

Results: Since 1987, the difference in life expectancy between the lowest and highest income quartiles has increased by 5.4 years for men and by 2.0 years for women. The difference in life expectancy (at age 30) between education groups has also increased. The latest developments indicate a decline in life expectancy for men and women in the lowest income quartile and with the shortest education.

Conclusions: Reducing social inequality in health and mortality has been on the agenda for successive Danish governments for more than 20 years, but social inequality in life expectancy is still increasing.

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丹麦死亡率方面的社会不平等现象继续加剧——对以前的死亡率研究进行的一项全国性的基于登记册的后续行动。

目的：在世界上许多国家，死亡率方面的社会不平等有所增加，而且似乎没有趋于平稳。丹麦也不例外，这篇简短的通讯介绍了最新的发展情况。方法：根据与死亡率数据相关的全国收入和教育登记数据，计算预期寿命的趋势和死亡年龄分布形态的变化。结果：自1987年以来，最低和最高收入四分位数之间的预期寿命差异，男性增加了5.4年，女性增加了2.0年。受教育群体之间的预期寿命（30岁时）差异也有所扩大。最新的发展表明，收入最低的四分之一和受教育程度最低的男女的预期寿命都在下降。结论：20多年来，减少健康和死亡率方面的社会不平等一直是丹麦历届政府的议程，但预期寿命方面的社会不平等仍在增加。

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Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 医学-公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生

CiteScore

6.50

自引率

2.90%

发文量

135

审稿时长

4-8 weeks

期刊介绍： The Scandinavian Journal of Public Health is an international peer-reviewed journal which has a vision to: publish public health research of good quality; contribute to the conceptual and methodological development of public health; contribute to global health issues; contribute to news and overviews of public health developments and health policy developments in the Nordic countries; reflect the multidisciplinarity of public health.