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International Journal of Epidemiology 2003;32:355-356
© International Epidemiological Association 2003

Special Theme: Socio-economic position

Commentary: Explanations of the difference in mortality risk between different educational groups

David Blane

Department of Social Science and Medicine, Imperial College London, St Dunstan’s Road, London W6 8RP, UK. E-mail: d.blane@imperial.ac.uk

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Bopp and Minder’s paper1 is the most welcome first report from the Swiss National Cohort Study. This study links data from the 1990 Swiss national census with subsequent death records, so far 1990–1997. The study supplements the cross-sectional Swiss Health Survey, providing the first longitudinal data on the social distribution of health, as indexed by mortality, in Switzerland.

Sizeable gradients in mortality by education are demonstrated at ages 25 years to 75+ years. At ages 40–54 years, for example, the standardized mortality ratio of male graduates is 59, compared with 159 for men who . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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