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The European Journal of Public Health 2009 19(2):175-177; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckn129
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© The Author 2009. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association. All rights reserved.

Inequalities in Health

Assessing changes in mortality inequalities in Israel using a period-specific measure of socio-economic position, 1983–92 and 1995–2004

Dena H. Jaffe and Orly Manor

Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Hebrew University – Hadassah, Jerusalem, Israel

Correspondence: Dena H. Jaffe, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Hebrew University – Hadassah, POB 12272, Jerusalem 91120, Israel, tel: +972-2-675-8516, fax: +972-2-643-5083, e-mail: dena.jaffe{at}gmail.com

Changes in mortality inequalities among middle-aged individuals were examined using a household amenities variable with analogous interpretation and distribution over time. Data were taken from the census-based Israel Longitudinal Mortality Studies I (1983–92, n = 91 656) and II (1995–2004, n = 120 973). Mortality differentials in socio-economic gradients for high household amenities showed relative increases over time in overall and cardiovascular disease mortality for resident men (44% and 42%, respectively) and women (45% and 82%, respectively). Temporal influences on measures of socio-economic position did not affect our findings of a widening in socio-economic inequalities in mortality.

Keywords: cardiovascular disease, household amenities, mortality, socio-economic inequalities


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