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Contribution of chronic conditions to smoking differences in life expectancy with and without disability in Belgium

Abstract: Background Smoking is the leading cause of premature mortality and morbidity. This study aimed at assessing the impact of smoking on life expectancy (LE) and LE with (LED) and without disability ...

Welfare-Adjusted Life Years (WALY): A novel metric of animal welfare that combines the impacts of impaired welfare and abbreviated lifespan.

mortality and animal welfare. This article introduces a novel metric, the Welfare-Adjusted Life Year (WALY), to estimate disease impact by combining welfare compromise and premature death components. Adapting ...

Educational inequalities in premature mortality by region in the Belgian population in the 2000s

75, Issue 44 (2017) Keywords: Belgium Educational inequalities Health inequalities Premature mortality Abstract: Background In Belgium, socio-economic inequalities in mortality have long been described ...

Premature mortality in Belgium in 1993-2009: leading causes, regional disparities and 15 years change

of Death mortality prematute mortality Abstract: Background Reducing premature mortality is a crucial public health objective. After a long gap in the publication of Belgian mortality statistics, this ...

Worse or better? The challenge of measuring inequality changes in premature mortality in Belgium

Association conference, Vienna (2016) Keywords: Health inequalities mortality Premature mortality Health Topics:  Health and disease monitoring Surveillance de la santé et des maladies Ziekten en gezondheid in ...

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