Educational inequalities in life expectancy in German speaking part of Switzerland 1990-1997: Swiss National Cohort

Swiss Medical Weekly
Adrian SpoerriMatthias Bopp

Abstract

Switzerland belongs to the group of nations with the highest life expectancy. However, it is unclear to what extent life expectancy varies across socio-economic groups. We used data from a large longitudinal study to quantify differentials in life expectancy across educational groups for men and women of different ages. The Swiss National Cohort linked the records from the December 4th, 1990 census with death certificate data up to 1997, using a probabilistic record linkage method. The current analysis was restricted to Swiss nationals resident in the German speaking part of the country. Life expectancy was calculated for four educational categories ("compulsory schooling or less", "vocational training", "upper secondary education", "university education") by constructing abridged life tables for men and women aged 30 or older. The study was based on 3.06 million persons and 262,552 deaths recorded during 19.01 million person-years of follow up. The educational level was lower in women than in men. In most age groups vocational training was the dominant educational category. At ages 30, 50, 65 and 80 men with university education lived 7.1, 5.4, 3.5 and 1.6 years longer than their counterparts with compulsory education or less....Continue Reading

Citations

Feb 19, 2008·Bulletin of the World Health Organization·Ursula A Ackermann-LiebrichSonja Merten
Feb 3, 2009·The Journals of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences·Fiona E MatthewsUNKNOWN MRC CFAS

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