SynthesisJournal of epidemiology and community health2003
Gender differences in socioeconomic inequality in mortality.
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- Sex differences in the impact of childhood socioeconomic status on immune function.Scientific reports · 2021Observational
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- Socioeconomic gradient in health: mind the gap in 'invisible' disparities.Annals of translational medicine · 2020Article
- Impact of Gender Inequalities in the Causes of Mortality on the Competitiveness of OECD Countries.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Association of Parental Socioeconomic Status and Newborn Telomere Length.JAMA network open · 2020Article
- Reducing socio-economic inequalities in all-cause mortality: a counterfactual mediation approach.International journal of epidemiology · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectivesThere is uncertainty about whether position in a socioeconomic hierarchy confers different mortality risks on men and women. The objective of this study was to conduct a systematic review of gender differences in socioeconomic inequality in risk of death.
methodsThis research systematically reviewed observational cohort studies describing all cause or cause specific mortality for populations aged 25-64 in developed countries. For inclusion in the review, mortality had to be reported stratified by gender and by one or more measures of socioeconomic status. For all eligible studies, five absolute and six relative measures of the socioeconomic inequality in mortality were computed for male and female populations separately.
resultsA total of 136 published papers were reviewed for eligibility, with 58 studies deemed eligible for inclusion. Of these eligible studies, 20 papers published data that permitted the computation of both absolute and relative measures of inequality. Absolute measures of socioeconomic mortality inequality for men and women generally agreed, with about 90% of studies indicating that male mortality was more unequal than female mortality across socioeconomic groups. In contrast, the pattern of relative inequality results across the 20 studies suggested that male and female socioeconomic inequality in mortality was equivalent.
conclusionsInferences about gender differences in socioeconomic inequality in mortality are sensitive to the choice of inequality measure. Wider understanding of this methodological issue would improve the clarity of the reporting and synthesis of evidence on the magnitude of health inequalities in populations.
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