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Why is the gender gap in life expectancy decreasing? The impact of age- and cause-specific mortality in Sweden 1997–2014

OBJECTIVES: To enhance the understanding of the current increase in life expectancy and decreasing gender gap in life expectancy. METHODS: We obtained data on underlying cause of death from the National Board of Health and Welfare in Sweden for 1997 and 2014 and used Arriaga’s method to decompose li...

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Autores principales: Sundberg, Louise, Agahi, Neda, Fritzell, Johan, Fors, Stefan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6015620/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29654335
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00038-018-1097-3