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| Sociodemographic mortality differences among the oldest old in Finland | | Author(s) | Tuija Martelin, Seppo Koskinen, Tapani Valkonen |
| Journal title | The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological sciences and social sciences, vol 53B, no 2, March 1998 |
| Pages | pp S83-S90 |
| Keywords | Death ; Over 70s ; Educational status [elderly] ; Economic status [elderly] ; Demography ; Finland. |
| Annotation | This study examined mortality differences and trends by several sociodemographic characteristics among Finnish people aged 80 years or over during the period of 1971-90. The analyses were based on comprehensive data sets compiled by means of linking individual death records and census records for the entire population of Finland. Poisson regression was applied as the main statistical tool. For both sexes, life expectancy at age 80 was about 1 year longer among those with a higher education than among those with basic education. A similar difference was found between former upper non-manual workers and manual workers. Slightly lower than average mortality was observed among the married, among those living in Western Finland, and among the Swedish-speaking population. Mortality declined during the study period in all subgroups, with no consistent signs of either convergence or divergence of mortality levels. The results suggest that at least some further decline of mortality even among the oldest old is possible. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980602410 A |
| Classmark | CW: BBK: F:V: F:W: S8: 76L |
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