TY - JOUR
T1 - Educational inequalities in mortality among Israeli Jews
T2 - Changes over time in a dynamic population
AU - Jaffe, Dena H.
AU - Neumark, Yehuda D.
AU - Eisenbach, Zvi
AU - Manor, Orly
PY - 2008/6
Y1 - 2008/6
N2 - Changes in educational inequalities in mortality in a country that underwent a sudden population growth were examined using two census-based longitudinal studies from Israel (I, 1983-1992, n=152,150 and II, 1995-2004, n=209,125). Relative changes in educational inequalities in mortality were assessed using mortality rates and odds ratios and their corresponding 95% confidence intervals. Decreases in mortality rates and widening relative educational inequalities in mortality were seen over time. Among recent immigrants, educational inequalities in mortality existed but to a lesser degree than for residents. The widening gap (2.5-fold) in cardiovascular disease mortality risks observed for low versus high educated middle-aged women, was particularly alarming. The observed decreasing mortality rates, indicative of a healthier society, alongside widening educational inequalities in mortality indicates uneven changes within the population.
AB - Changes in educational inequalities in mortality in a country that underwent a sudden population growth were examined using two census-based longitudinal studies from Israel (I, 1983-1992, n=152,150 and II, 1995-2004, n=209,125). Relative changes in educational inequalities in mortality were assessed using mortality rates and odds ratios and their corresponding 95% confidence intervals. Decreases in mortality rates and widening relative educational inequalities in mortality were seen over time. Among recent immigrants, educational inequalities in mortality existed but to a lesser degree than for residents. The widening gap (2.5-fold) in cardiovascular disease mortality risks observed for low versus high educated middle-aged women, was particularly alarming. The observed decreasing mortality rates, indicative of a healthier society, alongside widening educational inequalities in mortality indicates uneven changes within the population.
KW - Cardiovascular disease
KW - Education
KW - Immigrants
KW - Inequalities
KW - Mortality
KW - Socioeconomic position
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U2 - 10.1016/j.healthplace.2007.07.003
DO - 10.1016/j.healthplace.2007.07.003
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C2 - 17889590
AN - SCOPUS:36749043194
SN - 1353-8292
VL - 14
SP - 287
EP - 298
JO - Health and Place
JF - Health and Place
IS - 2
ER -
