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Social inequalities in life expectancy and mortality during the transition period of economic crisis (1993–2010) in Korea

BACKGROUNDS: This study examines social inequalities in life expectancy and mortality during the transition period of the Korean economic crisis (1993–2010) among Korean adults aged 40 and over. METHODS: Data from the census and the national death file from the Statistics Korea are employed to calcu...

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Autores principales: Son, Mia, Cho, Youngtae, Oh, Juhwan, Kawachi, Ichiro, Yi, Junhyeok, Kwon, Soonman
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3515457/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23171369
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-9276-11-71
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author Son, Mia
Cho, Youngtae
Oh, Juhwan
Kawachi, Ichiro
Yi, Junhyeok
Kwon, Soonman
author_facet Son, Mia
Cho, Youngtae
Oh, Juhwan
Kawachi, Ichiro
Yi, Junhyeok
Kwon, Soonman
author_sort Son, Mia
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description BACKGROUNDS: This study examines social inequalities in life expectancy and mortality during the transition period of the Korean economic crisis (1993–2010) among Korean adults aged 40 and over. METHODS: Data from the census and the national death file from the Statistics Korea are employed to calculate life expectancy and age-specific-death-rates (ASDR) by age, gender, and educational attainment for five years: 1993, 1995, 2000, 2005, and 2010. Absolute and relative differences in life expectancy and Age-Specific Death Rates by educational attainment were utilized as proxy measures of social inequality. RESULTS: Clear educational gradient of life expectancy was observed at age 40 by both sexes and across five time periods (1993, 1995, 2000, 2005, and 2010). The gradient became notably worse in females between 1993 and 2010 compared to the trend in males. The educational gradient was also found for ASDR in all five years, but it was more pronounced in working age groups (40s and 50s) than in elderly groups. The relative disadvantage of ASDR among working age Korean adults, both males and females, became substantially worse over time. CONCLUSIONS: Social inequalities in life expectancy and ASDR of the working age group across socioeconomic status over time were closely related to the widening of the social difference created by the macroeconomic crisis and the expansion of neo-liberalism in Korea.
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spelling pubmed-35154572012-12-06 Social inequalities in life expectancy and mortality during the transition period of economic crisis (1993–2010) in Korea Son, Mia Cho, Youngtae Oh, Juhwan Kawachi, Ichiro Yi, Junhyeok Kwon, Soonman Int J Equity Health Research BACKGROUNDS: This study examines social inequalities in life expectancy and mortality during the transition period of the Korean economic crisis (1993–2010) among Korean adults aged 40 and over. METHODS: Data from the census and the national death file from the Statistics Korea are employed to calculate life expectancy and age-specific-death-rates (ASDR) by age, gender, and educational attainment for five years: 1993, 1995, 2000, 2005, and 2010. Absolute and relative differences in life expectancy and Age-Specific Death Rates by educational attainment were utilized as proxy measures of social inequality. RESULTS: Clear educational gradient of life expectancy was observed at age 40 by both sexes and across five time periods (1993, 1995, 2000, 2005, and 2010). The gradient became notably worse in females between 1993 and 2010 compared to the trend in males. The educational gradient was also found for ASDR in all five years, but it was more pronounced in working age groups (40s and 50s) than in elderly groups. The relative disadvantage of ASDR among working age Korean adults, both males and females, became substantially worse over time. CONCLUSIONS: Social inequalities in life expectancy and ASDR of the working age group across socioeconomic status over time were closely related to the widening of the social difference created by the macroeconomic crisis and the expansion of neo-liberalism in Korea. BioMed Central 2012-11-21 /pmc/articles/PMC3515457/ /pubmed/23171369 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-9276-11-71 Text en Copyright ©2012 Son et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Son, Mia
Cho, Youngtae
Oh, Juhwan
Kawachi, Ichiro
Yi, Junhyeok
Kwon, Soonman
Social inequalities in life expectancy and mortality during the transition period of economic crisis (1993–2010) in Korea
title Social inequalities in life expectancy and mortality during the transition period of economic crisis (1993–2010) in Korea
title_full Social inequalities in life expectancy and mortality during the transition period of economic crisis (1993–2010) in Korea
title_fullStr Social inequalities in life expectancy and mortality during the transition period of economic crisis (1993–2010) in Korea
title_full_unstemmed Social inequalities in life expectancy and mortality during the transition period of economic crisis (1993–2010) in Korea
title_short Social inequalities in life expectancy and mortality during the transition period of economic crisis (1993–2010) in Korea
title_sort social inequalities in life expectancy and mortality during the transition period of economic crisis (1993–2010) in korea
topic Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3515457/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23171369
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-9276-11-71
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