Year: 1990
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The Central Statistical Office o f Finland publishes this study on socio-economic differences in mortality and related changes during the period 1971 -85.The linking of census data with information on mortality offers a perspective which makes it possible to in vestigate the achievement o f one o f the key goals o f Finland's Health for All by the Year 2000 programme, which was approved in 1986equality in the health field.This study monitors changes in mortality during a 15-year period from the early 1970s to 1985 according to occu pational class and level of education among different age groups.Resources were combined in order to ac complish this task as well as possible.In 1988 the Central Statistical Office entered into a co operation agreement with a team of researchers at the University o f Helsinki which is headed by Prof. Tapani Valkonen and operates with funding from the Academy o f Finland.On the basis o f this agreement, the Central Statistical Office was responsible for compiling data, while the researchers took charge o f planning the content o f the study and conducting analyses.The National Board o f Health supported the project by funding the work performed by the Central Statistical Office.The present report provides a basic description o f the findings.Prof. Valkonen and the other members of his team will continue analysing various aspects of the data.The Central Statistical Office has previously investigated variations in occupational mortality with the help o f census data and published two reports on this matter1.In addition, the Central Statistical Office has participated in a joint study concerning occupational mortality differences in the five Nordic countries.Prof. Tapani Val konen and his research team at the Department o f Sociology at the University o f Helsinki have also published various studies on regional and socio-economic differences in mortality on the basis o f data covering the 1970s which were supplied by the Central Statistical Office.The Central Statistical Office would like to thank all those who took part in the project and particularly the authors, Prof.
Source: Doria (University of Helsinki)
Authors: Tapani Valkonen, Tuija Martelin, Arja Rimpelä
Language: English
Subfield: Health
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2913450859