José Chen-Xu, Orsolya Varga, Nour Mahrouseh, Terje Andreas Eikemo, Diana A Grad, Grant M A Wyper, Andreea Badache, Mirza Balaj, Periklis Charalampous, Mary Economou, Juanita A Haagsma, Romana Haneef, Enkeleint A Mechili, Brigid Unim, Elena von der Lippe, Carl Michael Baravelli
BACKGROUND: Health inequalities have been associated with shorter lifespans. We aimed to investigate subnational geographical inequalities in all-cause years of life lost (YLLs) and the association between YLLs and socioeconomic factors, such as household income, risk of poverty, and educational attainment, in countries within the European Economic Area (EEA) before the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: In this ecological study, we extracted demographic and socioeconomic data from Eurostat for 1390 small regions and 285 basic regions for 32 countries in the EEA, which was complemented by a time-trend analysis of subnational regions within the EEA...
March 2024: Lancet. Public Health