Socioeconomic inequalities in mortality within ethnic groups in the Netherlands, 1995-2000

Study objective: To analyse socioeconomic inequalities in mortality in Dutch, Turkish, Moroccans, Surinamese, and Antillean/Aruban men and women living in the Netherlands and to assess the contribution of specific causes of death to these inequalities. Design: Open cohort design using data from the Municipal Population Registers and cause of death registry. Setting: the Netherlands from 1995 through 2000. Participants: All inhabitants of the Netherlands. Main outcome measures: This study calculated directly standardised mortality rates by mean neighbourhood income and estimated relative mortal... Mehr ...