Inequalities in Life Expectancy by Education and Its Changes in Lithuania during 2001–2014
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Data Sources
2.2. Population
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Causes of Death | Sex | 2001 | 2014 | ||||
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Up-to- Secondary | Post- Secondary | Difference * | Up-to- Secondary | Post- Secondary | Difference * | ||
Cardiovascular diseases | Males | 7.39 | 6.93 | 0.46 | 6.91 | 6.50 | 0.41 |
Females | 7.85 | 6.13 | 1.72 | 9.78 | 5.56 | 4.22 | |
Cancer | Males | 2.95 | 3.31 | −0.36 | 3.07 | 3.58 | −0.51 |
Females | 2.56 | 3.36 | 0.80 | 2.83 | 4.08 | −1.25 | |
External causes | Males | 3.67 | 2.68 | 0.99 | 3.13 | 1.35 | 1.78 |
Females | 1.21 | 0.74 | 0.47 | 0.97 | 0.62 | 0.35 | |
Diseases of the digestive system | Males | 0.66 | 0.45 | 0.21 | 1.09 | 0.68 | 0.41 |
Females | 0.60 | 0.36 | 0.24 | 1.03 | 0.70 | 0.33 |
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Mesceriakova-Veliuliene, O.; Kalediene, R.; Sauliune, S.; Urbonas, G. Inequalities in Life Expectancy by Education and Its Changes in Lithuania during 2001–2014. Medicina 2021, 57, 245. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina57030245
Mesceriakova-Veliuliene O, Kalediene R, Sauliune S, Urbonas G. Inequalities in Life Expectancy by Education and Its Changes in Lithuania during 2001–2014. Medicina. 2021; 57(3):245. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina57030245
Chicago/Turabian StyleMesceriakova-Veliuliene, Olga, Ramune Kalediene, Skirmante Sauliune, and Gvidas Urbonas. 2021. "Inequalities in Life Expectancy by Education and Its Changes in Lithuania during 2001–2014" Medicina 57, no. 3: 245. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina57030245