Association of socioeconomic deprivation with life expectancy and all‑cause mortality in Spain, 2011–2013
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2022-09-16Referencia bibliográfica
Redondo-Sánchez, D... [et al.]. Association of socioeconomic deprivation with life expectancy and all-cause mortality in Spain, 2011–2013. Sci Rep 12, 15554 (2022). [https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-19859-1]
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Instituto de Salud Carlos III European Commission PI18/01593 CP17/00206-EU/FEDER; Asociacion Espanola Contra el Cancer (AECC) PROYE20023SANC; Cancer Epidemiological Surveillance Subprogram (VICA) from the CIBER Epidemiologia y Salud Publica (CIBERESP) from the Instituto de Salud Carlos IIIResumen
Life tables summarise a population’s mortality experience during a time period. Sex- and agespecific
life tables are needed to compute various cancer survival measures. However, mortality
rates vary according to socioeconomic status. We present sex- and age-specific life tables based on
socioeconomic status at the census tract level in Spain during 2011–2013 that will allow estimating
cancer relative survival estimates and life expectancy measures by socioeconomic status. Population
and mortality data were obtained from the Spanish Statistical Office. Socioeconomic level was
measured using the Spanish Deprivation Index by census tract. We produced sex- and age-specific
life expectancies at birth by quintiles of deprivation, and life tables by census tract and province.
Life expectancy at birth was higher among women than among men. Women and men in the most
deprived census tracts in Spain lived 3.2 and 3.8 years less than their counterparts in the least deprived
areas. A higher life expectancy in the northern regions of Spain was discovered. Life expectancy
was higher in provincial capitals than in rural areas. We found a significant life expectancy gap and
geographical variation by sex and socioeconomic status in Spain. The gap was more pronounced
among men than among women. Understanding the association between life expectancy and
socioeconomic status could help in developing appropriate public health programs. Furthermore, the
life tables we produced are needed to estimate cancer specific survival measures by socioeconomic
status. Therefore, they are important for cancer control in Spain.