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SUBMITTER: Valverde JR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7868628 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Valverde José Rubio JR Mackenbach Johan J Bopp Matthias M Brønnum-Hansen Henrik H Deboosere Patrick P Kalediene Ramune R Kovács Katalin K Leinsalu Mall M Martikainen Pekka P Regidor Enrique E Strand Bjørn Heine BH Nusselder Wilma W
SSM - population health 20210128
Socioeconomic inequalities in disability-free life expectancy (DFLE) exist across all European countries, yet the driving determinants of these differences are not completely known. We calculated the impact on educational inequalities in DFLE of equalizing the distribution of eight risk factors for mortality and disability using register-based mortality data and survey data from 15 European countries for individuals between 35 and 80 years old. From the selected risk factors, the ones that contr ...[more]