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Olof Östergren1, Olle Lundberg1, Barbara Artnik2, Matthias Bopp3, Carme Borrell4, Ramune Kalediene5, Mall Leinsalu6,7, Pekka Martikainen8, Enrique Regidor9, Maica Rodríguez-Sanz4, Rianne de Gelder10, Johan P Mackenbach10.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this paper is to empirically evaluate whether widening educational inequalities in mortality are related to the substantive shifts that have occurred in the educational distribution.Entities:
Mesh:
Year: 2017 PMID: 28832601 PMCID: PMC5568384 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0182526
Source DB: PubMed Journal: PLoS One ISSN: 1932-6203 Impact factor: 3.240
Fig 1Conceptual model of suggested mechanisms.
Overview of available data, men and women 30–84 years.
| Population | Period | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | |||
| Austria | 1981–1982, 1991–1992,2001–2002 | Person years | 6 405 871 | 7 367 562 |
| Deaths | 95 039 | 88 354 | ||
| Belgium | 1991–2001 | Person years | 45 370 262 | 48 357 304 |
| Deaths | 675 446 | 510 881 | ||
| Czech Rep. | 1982–1985, 1998–2003 | Person years | 27 695 126 | 31 219 382 |
| Deaths | 519 117 | 436 655 | ||
| Denmark | 1991–1995, 1996–2000,2001–2005 | Person years | 17 583 876 | 18 147 472 |
| Deaths | 187 432 | 137 659 | ||
| Estonia | 1987–1991, 1998–2002 | Person years | 3 612 805 | 4 685 095 |
| Deaths | 77 458 | 68 336 | ||
| Finland | 1970–1980 | Person years | 47 209 973 | 53 869 662 |
| Deaths | 799 744 | 628 776 | ||
| Hungary | 1971–1974, 1978–1981,1988–1991, 1999–2002 | Person years | 44 169 144 | 51 450 844 |
| Deaths | 986 760 | 810 991 | ||
| Turin (Italy) | 1971–1981 | Person years | 9 274 527 | 10 926 773 |
| Deaths | 141 257 | 112 440 | ||
| Lithuania | 1988–1990, 2000–2002,2001–2009 | Person years | 12 040 297 | 15 215 345 |
| Deaths | 248 268 | 181 128 | ||
| Norway | 1970–1980 | Person years | 23 075 037 | 26 233 831 |
| Deaths | 619 280 | 470 389 | ||
| Poland | 1991–1993, 2001–2003 | Person years | 54 476 940 | 59 686 519 |
| Deaths | 749 488 | 466 428 | ||
| Slovenia | 1991–2001, 2002–2011 | Person years | 4 396 212 | 4 970 037 |
| Deaths | 55 217 | 38 449 | ||
| Barcelona (Spain) | 1992–1996, 1997–2001,2002–2006, 2007–2010 | Person years | 9 045 886 | 10 622 124 |
| Deaths | 123 954 | 87 978 | ||
| The Basque C. (Spain) | 1996–2001, 2001–2006 | Person years | 6 571 456 | 7 044 923 |
| Deaths | 73 748 | 43 724 | ||
| Madrid (Spain) | 1996–1997, 2001–2003 | Person years | 4 566 588 | 5 229 947 |
| Deaths | 54 436 | 35 293 | ||
| Sweden | 1990–1999 | Person years | 40 261 612 | 41 099 108 |
| Deaths | 407 411 | 276 500 | ||
| Switzerland | 1990–2000 | Person years | 25 001 645 | 28 826 491 |
| Deaths | 32 5192 | 246 285 | ||
| England and Wales | 1971–1981 | Person years | 2 242 214 | 2 526 616 |
| Deaths | 37 647 | 31 213 |
* Period split into two during analysis
1 Available ages: 1991–1995: ages 30–69, 1996–2000: ages 30–74, 2001–2005: ages 30–84
2 Available ages: 50–84
3 Available ages: 1991–1993: ages 30–64, 2001–2003: ages 30–84
4 Available ages: 35–79
5 Available ages: 1990–1994, 2000–2004: 30–79, 1994–1999, 2004–2009: 30–84
Fig 2Observed average proportions of high and low educated by median year among men and women.
Each data point represents one combination of population and period. Age standardized using the observed gender specific age distribution in the pooled data.
Observed average proportion and standard deviation of low and high educated in pooled data, definition of scenarios used to estimate educational inequalities mortality in different educational distributions, men and women.
| Men | Women | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Education | ||||
| Low (%) | High (%) | Low (%) | High (%) | |
| Avg. | 55.2 | 15.7 | 59.3 | 12.4 |
| SD | 9.2 | 3.5 | 15.7 | 6.1 |
| Scenario 1 | 64.4 | 12.3 | 75.0 | 6.3 |
| Scenario 2 | 55.2 | 15.7 | 59.3 | 12.4 |
| Scenario 3 | 46.2 | 19.2 | 46.7 | 18.5 |
The association between individual education, proportion of high and low educated and all-cause mortality for men and women, 30–84 yrs.
| Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coef. | p. | Coef. | p. | ||
| Education | High | 0 | ref. | 0 | ref. |
| Intermediate | 0.812 | <0.001 | 0.236 | <0.001 | |
| Low | 0.928 | <0.001 | 0.526 | <0.001 | |
| High education | % high | -0.094 | <0.001 | -0.040 | 0.002 |
| % high ×Int. | -0.018 | 0.068 | 0.023 | 0.043 | |
| % high ×Low. | 0.013 | 0.180 | 0.073 | <0.001 | |
| Low education | % low | -0.093 | <0.001 | -0.151 | <0.001 |
| % low ×Int. | -0.075 | <0.001 | -0.036 | 0.003 | |
| % low ×Low | -0.073 | <0.001 | -0.071 | <0.001 |
Negative binomial regression, controlled for age and population-period fixed effects. Coefficients for the proportion of high and low educated are given for one observed standard deviation difference in the gender specific average of proportion of low educated in pooled data.
Fig 3Simulated life expectancies between 30 and 84 years and mortality rate ratios at Scenario 1, 2, and 3, men and women.