Effect of the recent economic crisis on socioeconomic inequalities in mortality in nine urban areas in Europe
Palència, Laia (Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau)
Gotsens, Mercè (Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau)
Marí-Dell'Olmo, Marc 1978- (Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau)
Bosakova, Lucia (Palacky University in Olomouc)
Burstrom, Bo (Karolinska Institutet (Estocolm, Suècia))
Costa, Cláudia (University of Coimbra)
Deboosere, Patrick (Vrije Universiteit Brussels)
Dzurova, Dagmar (Charles University)
Lustigova, Michala (Charles University)
Morrison, Joana (University College London)
Santana, Paula (University of Coimbra)
Borrell i Thió, Carme (Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Date:	2020
Abstract:	To analyse socioeconomic inequalities in all-cause mortality among men and women in nine European urban areas during the recent economic crisis, and to compare the results to those from two periods before the crisis. This is an ecological study of trends based on three time periods (2000-2003, 2004-2008 and 2009-2014). The units of analysis were the small areas of nine European urban areas. We used a composite deprivation index as a socioeconomic indicator, along with other single indicators. As a mortality indicator, we used the smoothed standardized mortality ratio, calculated using the hierarchical Bayesian model proposed by Besag, York and Mollié. To analyse the evolution of socioeconomic inequalities, we fitted an ecological regression model that included the socioeconomic indicator, the period of time, and the interaction between these terms. Results: We observed significant inequalities in mortality among men for almost all the socioeconomic indicators, periods, and urban areas studied. However, no significant changes occurred during the period of the economic crisis. While inequalities among women were less common, there was a statistically significant increase in inequality during the crisis period in terms of unemployment and the deprivation index in Prague and Stockholm, respectively. Future analyses should also consider time-lag in the effect of crises on mortality and specific causes of death, and differential effects between genders.
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Language:	Castellà
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	All-cause mortality ; Economic crisis ; Europe ; Small areas ; Socioeconomic inequalities
Published in:	Gaceta sanitaria, Vol. 34 Núm. 3 (mayo 2020) , p. 253-260, ISSN 1578-1283

DOI: 10.1016/j.gaceta.2019.11.001
PMID: 31983478

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