Area-based social inequalities in adult mortality: construction of French deprivation-specific life tables for the period 2016–2018

BackgroundIn order to tackle social inequalities in mortality, it is crucial to quantify them. We produced French deprivation-specific life tables for the period 2016–2018 to measure the social gradient in adult all-cause mortality.MethodsData from the Permanent Demographic Sample (EDP) were used to...

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Main Authors: Ophélie Merville, Quentin Rollet, Olivier Dejardin, Ludivine Launay, Élodie Guillaume, Guy Launoy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1310315/full