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ArticleScandinavian journal of public health2025

Stagnation in old age mortality among Finnish women: cause-of-death decomposition of life expectancy trends by income.

Satu Malmberg, Lasse Tarkiainen, Liina Junna, Pekka Martikainen

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Article in Scandinavian journal of public health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Satu MalmbergHelsinki Institute for Demography and Population Health, Helsinki, Finland.
Lasse TarkiainenHelsinki Institute for Demography and Population Health, Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-2003-2531
Liina JunnaHelsinki Institute for Demography and Population Health, Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-2554-9150
Pekka MartikainenHelsinki Institute for Demography and Population Health, Helsinki, Finland.

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aimsThe decline in old age mortality and subsequent increase in life expectancy among older women has stalled in some high-income countries. The contribution of causes of death to and sub-group variations in these trends are generally not well understood. We assess trends in mortality and cause-of-death decomposition of life expectancy by income over the past 30 years in Finland.

methodsWe obtained total population, annual register-based data on individuals (aged 30-89 years) residing in Finland in 1991-2020. We examined the trends in age-specific mortality rates and decomposed the contribution of various causes of death to changes in partial life expectancy among women aged 65-79 years over time and within each income quintile. In addition, we estimated life expectancy trends for the total population and by income quintile with and without causes related to alcohol consumption and smoking.

resultsOur results indicate stagnation in mortality development among women in Finland aged 65-79 years. The slowdown of improvements in circulatory and heart disease mortality contributed substantially to the observed stagnation, although similar trends were observed in virtually all the causes of death we studied. The lowest income groups experienced the most adverse developments during the study period.

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IncomeLife ExpectancyMortalityAdultAgedAged, 80 and overCause of DeathFemaleFinlandHumansMiddle Agedcauses of deathlife expectancyMortality

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