Mortality and socio-economic differences in Denmark: A competing risks proportional hazard model

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-32

  Munch, Jakob Roland ^a   Svarer, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Competing risks proportional hazard model; Life expectancy; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MORTALITY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 14044267659     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2004.10.001     Document Type: Article

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