TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1990//
TI  - Educational level and mortality in a 32-year follow-up study of 18-year-old men in The Netherlands
JO  - International journal of epidemiology
A1  - Doornbos, G.
A1  - Kromhout, D.
SP  - 374
EP  - 379
VL  - 19
IS  - 2
N2  - Social inequities and their relation to health form a topic of growing concern in the Netherlands. The present investigation on educational level and mortality was carried out in a cohort of men born in 1932, examined for military service in 1950/1951 and for whom vital statistics could be obtained. In the group of 78,505 men, 3456 deaths occurred during the follow-up until 31 December 1981. A life table analysis revealed an inverse relation between educational level and survival. In a multivariate logistic regression model the confounding effects of height and health score were taken into account. In addition to all-cause mortality, the relationships of educational level and mortality from coronary heart disease, cancer and accidents consistently showed an inverse pattern. The applicability of the results elsewhere is discussed.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0300-5771
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -