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IJE Advance Access originally published online on January 19, 2005
International Journal of Epidemiology 2005 34(1):110-112; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi013
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Commentary: Using geographical data to monitor socioeconomic inequalities in mortality: experiences from Japanese studies

Anton E Kunst

Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, PO Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands. E-mail: a.kunst@erasmusmc.nl

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Policies to reduce socioeconomic inequalities in health need detailed and accurate descriptions of health inequalities in order to define priority areas for intervention.1 Essential for the monitoring of health inequalities is the use of national data on cause-specific mortality according to socioeconomic indicators such as education and income level. Longitudinal mortality data covering large national samples are available for only a dozen countries in Europe and elsewhere in the world.2 When such data are not available, alternative data sources have to be considered, such as ‘unlinked’ cross-sectional studies, longitudinal studies among small national samples or local populations, or geographical studies comparing neighbourhoods, municipalities, or regions.

Japan is a country of special interest. The record life expectancy of Japanese women did not only set a benchmark for public health in Western countries,3 but it also raised the question whether Japan had made similar achievements with respect to socioeconomic inequalities in mortality. . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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