Abstract
AIMS: The authors examined causes of death contributing to the relatively high mortality of Danish women born 1915-45, and evaluated the impact of smoking related causes of death. METHODS: Age-period-cohort analysis of mortality of Danish women aged 40-89 in 1960-98. Estimate of the negative curvature in parabola patterns for 50 causes of death. RESULTS: A total of 34 causes of death contributed to the relatively high mortality for women born 1915-45. The main contribution came from smoking-related causes of death. CONCLUSION: The results indicate a high smoking prevalence to be the main explanation behind the relatively low life expectancy of Danish women born 1915-45.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Scandinavian Journal of Public Health |
Volume | 34 |
Issue number | 4 |
Pages (from-to) | 432-6 |
Number of pages | 4 |
ISSN | 1403-4948 |
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Publication status | Published - 2006 |