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Socioeconomic differences in health expectancy in Denmark.

H Brønnum-Hansen1

  • 1National Institute of Public Health, Copenhagen O, Denmark. hbh@dike.dk

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
|October 25, 2000
PubMed
Summary

Socioeconomic status significantly impacts health expectancy. Higher socioeconomic groups experience longer periods of good health compared to lower groups, with disparities more pronounced in health than overall lifespan.

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Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Epidemiology
  • Social Medicine

Background:

  • Investigated social disparities in mortality rates in Denmark.
  • Focused on health expectancy across diverse socioeconomic strata.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze health expectancy variations among different socioeconomic groups.
  • To quantify differences in healthy life years based on social standing.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized data from Health Interview Surveys for health status and occupation.
  • Incorporated register data for occupation and mortality information.
  • Calculated health expectancy using Sullivan's method for each socioeconomic group.

Main Results:

  • For 30-year-old men, high-level salaried employees had the longest expected healthy life (41 years, 89%).
  • Farmers (34 years, 73%) and unskilled workers (32 years, 73%) had lower healthy life expectancies.
  • Economically inactive men had the shortest healthy life expectancy (19 years, 56%).
  • For 30-year-old women, high-level salaried employees expected 46 healthy years (91%), while assisting spouses (36 years, 71%) and inactive women (25 years, 56%) had significantly less.
  • Analysis of long-standing illness data revealed substantial socioeconomic differences.

Conclusions:

  • Health expectancy shows greater variation between socioeconomic groups than life expectancy.
  • Social inequalities significantly affect the quality of life in terms of health duration.

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