Essays about: "Mortality inequalities"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words Mortality inequalities.

  1. 1. Social Gradients in Subjective Well-being during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Sweden

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Ida Johansson; [2024]
    Keywords : Subjective Well-being; SWB; COVID-19; pandemic; Sweden; social gradients; foreign-born; health inequalities; resources;

    Abstract : The COVID-19 pandemic prompted governments around the globe to employ various measures, such as social distancing and quarantine, to prevent its spread. The pandemic contributed to drastic changes in everyday life, through economic shocks, fear of the virus, morbidity, and mortality. READ MORE

  2. 2. Children’s education and parents’ mortality – Do parents with highly educated children live longer?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Pauline Bode; [2023]
    Keywords : Mortality inequalities; socioeconomic gradient in health; children’s education; socioeconomic status; SES; demography; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : While there exists a large literature on mortality inequalities by an individual’s level of education and other socioeconomic characteristics this thesis looks at the relationship between the children’s level of education and parents’ mortality, which has been relatively less studied. I use longitudinal data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) for the years 2004-2017 and conduct Cox proportional hazard regressions to assess how children’s level of education affects parents’ mortality risks. READ MORE

  3. 3. Thrombotic events in Covid-19 patients using Meta-Analysis

    University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

    Author : Ugonna Okeke; [2022]
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    Abstract : Corona virus disease caused by severe acute respiratory virus 2 causes blockage of the blood vessel which leads to thrombosis. Thrombotic events in covid-19 patients results to hospitalizations and death. And incidence of thrombosis in covid-19 patients have been increasing in most regions of the world. READ MORE

  4. 4. Socio-economic characteristics impact on covid-19 mortality in region Västra Götaland.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutioen för biomedicin

    Author : Henrik Mellström Dahlgren; [2021-11-22]
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    Abstract : Background: There is a well establish association between low socio-economic status and health outcomes in general. To mitigate the impact of covid-19 there is a need to identify vulnerable groups, and to create methods that can do that in real-time as the virus-spread progress in the society. READ MORE

  5. 5. A quantitative study on : Women's reproductive health complication termination of pregnancy among ever-married women of Bangladesh.

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för hälso- och vårdvetenskap (HV)

    Author : Tanbin Sultana; [2021]
    Keywords : pregnancy termination; prevalence; ever-married women; reproductive health; Bangladesh;

    Abstract : Termination of pregnancies is a public health concern in many developing countries. In Bangladesh women faces barrier to access health care service for pregnancy termination. READ MORE