TY  - GEN
TY  - GEN
T1  - Why is Mortality Low among the Swedish-Speaking Minority in Finland?
T2  - Articles
JF  - Finnish yearbook of population research
SP  - 15
OP  - 31
A1  - Koskinen, Seppo, kirjoittaja
A1  - Martelin, Tuija, kirjoittaja
LA  - eng
YR  - 2003
UL  - https://kansalliskirjasto.finna.fi/kansalliskirjastofikka/Record/arto.013327491
AB  - Life expectancy has been substantially longer among the Swedish-speaking Finns than in the rest of the population. The relative mortality difference appears to be particularly marked among the middle-aged. This study examines the possible reasons for this mortality difference. The mortality advantage of the Swedish-speaking Finns is connected with their more favorable geographic location and socioeconomic position. For women these factors explain all of the mortality difference but among men two-thirds of the original difference, a 20% excess mortality of the Finnish-speaking majority, persists after adjusting for the structural differences. In men, the main part of the mortality difference results from factors responsible for excess mortality of the Finnish-speaking population from cardiovascular diseases and non-natural causes of death. A similar mortality contrast is seen in women as well, but it is compensated by other causes of death which are more common among Swedish-speaking than among Finnish-speaking women.
NO  - Vol 39 (2003)
ER  -