OBJECTIVES: To gain insight into the evolution in educational inequalities in adolescent and young adult all-cause and cause-specific mortality in the urban setting of the Brussels-Capital Region. METHODS: Data were derived from record linkage between the censuses of 1991 and 2001 and register data on all-cause and cause-specific mortality and emigration in the respective periods of 1st October 1991 to 1st January 1996 and 1st October 2001 to 1st January 2006. Both directly and indirectly standardised mortality rates and the relative index of inequality (RII) were computed. RESULTS: Mortality rates among adolescents and young adults have dropped significantly, especially infections and traffic accidents. However, educational inequalities among men have slightly increased: men with a maximum primary education are four times more likely to die than those who are higher educated [RII = 4.09 (2.78-6.03)]. Among women, no social gradient is observed in either period, but a clear split between the lowest educated and other educational groups is apparent in the 2000s. CONCLUSIONS: There is a positive evolution towards lower mortality among adolescents and young adults, but educational inequalities remain a public health concern.
OBJECTIVES: To gain insight into the evolution in educational inequalities in adolescent and young adult all-cause and cause-specific mortality in the urban setting of the Brussels-Capital Region. METHODS: Data were derived from record linkage between the censuses of 1991 and 2001 and register data on all-cause and cause-specific mortality and emigration in the respective periods of 1st October 1991 to 1st January 1996 and 1st October 2001 to 1st January 2006. Both directly and indirectly standardised mortality rates and the relative index of inequality (RII) were computed. RESULTS: Mortality rates among adolescents and young adults have dropped significantly, especially infections and traffic accidents. However, educational inequalities among men have slightly increased: men with a maximum primary education are four times more likely to die than those who are higher educated [RII = 4.09 (2.78-6.03)]. Among women, no social gradient is observed in either period, but a clear split between the lowest educated and other educational groups is apparent in the 2000s. CONCLUSIONS: There is a positive evolution towards lower mortality among adolescents and young adults, but educational inequalities remain a public health concern.
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