Rural-urban mortality inequalities in four Nordic welfare states
1Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Abstract:
In the Nordic countries, there are ambitious welfare policies that might reduce rural-urban health disparities.
Aim:
To investigate the effect of population density on health in four Nordic countries.
Methods:
The health outcomes analysed were life expectancy and potential years of life lost. The effect of population density was appraised as the difference in life expectancy/ potential years of life lost by a 10-fold increase of population density.
Results:
In Finland, Norway and Sweden, mortality rates were consistently higher in less densely populated municipalities. These disparities increased over time. .
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