A comparative study of trends in mortality rates of the ageing population in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland
Jan Marcus Sverre
Bok Engelsk 1997
| Utgitt | 1997
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| Omfang | 6 s.
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| Opplysninger | The populations of Finland and the three Scandinavian countries (Denmark, Norway and Sweden) have experienced relatively marked differences regarding trends in mortality rates since the Second World War. To assess factors that might contribute to these difference, a cohort analysis was performed based upon vital statistics for the age category 45 years to 89 years, from the four countries, for the period 1966-86. The results of log-linear modelling, wich included the effects of age, period, and cohort, on mortality rates, revealed differences in the effect of age parameters on mortality between Finland and the three Scandinavian countries. These differnces may be related to a genetic component. Differences in patterns of martality rates over time relating to perid and cohorts effects indicate a differntial development in lifestyle-related risk factors associated with the major causes of death. Based on differnces in goodness-of-fit of the log-linear models, it is suggested that the Finish population has experienced a more heterogeneous development in mortality over time than has the Scandinavian. This may be realted to the greater social inequities that have existed in Finland than in Scandinavia during the decades under study.
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