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Gender gaps in life expectancy and expected years with activity limitations at age 50 in the European Union: associations with macro-level structural indicators.
life-long learning decreased, and as the inequality in income distribution increased. There was evidence of disparity in the associations between the more established EU countries (EU15) and the newer EU10 ...
Multiple risk behaviour: increasing socio-economic gap over time?
CONCLUSION: Multiple risk behaviour is more common among lower educated people. An increasing polarization in socio-economic inequalities is assessed from 2001 to 2004 among men. Therefore, health promotion ...
Does a national screening programme reduce socioeconomic inequalities in mammography use?
from the 2001 and 2004 Health Interview Survey. Data were analysed by logistic regression with educational level as proxy for the socioeconomic status. The gradient of socioeconomic inequalities was ...
Socioeconomic inequalities in lung cancer mortality in 16 European populations.
paid to inequalities in Eastern European and Baltic countries. METHODS: Data were obtained from mortality registers, population censuses and health interview surveys in 16 European populations. ...
Trends in social inequalities in obesity: Belgium, 1997 to 2004.
reflecting health inequalities in men and women aged 18 years and older. RESULTS: For males, a clear socioeconomic gradient was observed between obesity and education. This gradient witnessed a large increase ...
Differential inequity in health expectancy by region in Belgium.
Abstract: OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the size of social inequities in health between regions in Belgium using a composite health measure, the disability free life expectancy (DFLE). METHODS: Mortality data ...
Socio-economic inequalities in health expectancy in Belgium.
their shorter lives. The inequality in health expectancy seems to be greater in females than males. Health Topics: Health and disease monitoring Category: A1 FOS Classification: 3.03 Health sciences ...
Socio-economic differences in the utilisation of health services in Belgium.
probability social class Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To investigate socio-economic differences in the use of health services in Belgium and to explore to what extent eventual socio-economic inequalities are explained ...
Impact of the (Non-) Built Environment on Mental Health in Brussels : The NAMED PROJECT
https://www.sciensano.be/en/biblio/impact-non-built-environment-mental-health-brussels-named-project
accessibility, safety, labelling, etc.). This research will be more generally informative on the question of the health and environmental inequality. Discussion By gathering experts in social, geographical, ...