Citation

Vågerö D, Ostberg V. J. Epidemiol. Community Health 1989; 43(3): 280-284.

Affiliation

Department of Epidemiology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2607309

PMCID

PMC1052850

Abstract

More than 1.5 million children in Sweden were followed up for the period 1961-1979 with respect to mortality. Mortality differences by socioeconomic group were studied for the age groups 1-19 years. Children in families of non-manual workers, both boys and girls, had a significantly lower mortality than children of manual workers and children of self employed persons. The socioeconomic differences in risk of dying were greater among boys than among girls. For boys, the socioeconomic differences grew smaller as the boys grew older.

Language: en