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  • Title: Causes of death behind low life expectancy of Danish women.
    Author: Jacobsen R, Keiding N, Lynge E.
    Journal: Scand J Public Health; 2006; 34(4):432-6. PubMed ID: 16861194.
    Abstract:
    AIMS: The authors examined causes of death contributing to the relatively high mortality of Danish women born 1915-45, and evaluated the impact of smoking related causes of death. METHODS: Age-period-cohort analysis of mortality of Danish women aged 40-89 in 1960-98. Estimate of the negative curvature in parabola patterns for 50 causes of death. RESULTS: A total of 34 causes of death contributed to the relatively high mortality for women born 1915-45. The main contribution came from smoking-related causes of death. CONCLUSION: The results indicate a high smoking prevalence to be the main explanation behind the relatively low life expectancy of Danish women born 1915-45.
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