Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in cause-specific premature mortality in Belgium, 1998–2019
Background Higher levels of socioeconomic deprivation have been consistently associated with increased risk of premature mortality, but a detailed analysis by causes of death is lacking in Belgium. We aim to investigate the association between area deprivation and all-cause and cause-specific premature mortality in Belgium over the period 1998-2019.Methods We used the 2001 and 2011 Belgian Indices of Multiple Deprivation to assign statistical sectors, the smallest geographical units in the country, into deprivation deciles. All-cause and cause-specific premature mortality rates, population att... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | journalarticle |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2024 |
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BMC
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Schlagwörter: | Medicine and Health Sciences / Premature mortality / Belgium / Area-based measure of inequality / Belgian Indices of Multiple deprivation / Causes of death / UNITED-STATES / LUNG-CANCER / HEALTH / SMOKING / DEPRIVATION / CONTEXT |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26917094 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/01HQ6SGKE15M07F1STV6YMXRDP |