Ezendam Nicole P M, Stirbu Irina, Leinsalu Mall, Lundberg Olle, Kalediene Ramune, Wojtyniak Bogdan, Martikainen Pekka, Mackenbach Johan, Kunst Anton
Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, Room AE-139, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Eur J Cancer. 2008 Feb;44(3):454-64. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2007.11.015.
To compare educational inequalities in cancer mortality between Poland, Lithuania, Estonia, Finland and Sweden.
Data are either follow-up or unlinked cross-sectional studies. The relative index of inequality (RII) and the slope index of inequality (SII) are calculated to express the magnitude of mortality differences according to educational level for all cancers and for specific cancers.
Large educational inequalities in total cancer mortality were observed, particularly amongst men. Inequalities in upper aero-digestive tract and lung cancer in men and cervix cancer in women were larger in Poland, Lithuania and Estonia, whereas inequalities in lung cancer in women were larger in Finland and Sweden.
Countries of the Baltic Sea region differ strongly with regard to the magnitude and pattern of the educational inequalities in cancer mortality.
比较波兰、立陶宛、爱沙尼亚、芬兰和瑞典在癌症死亡率方面的教育不平等情况。
数据来自随访研究或非关联横断面研究。计算不平等相对指数（RII）和不平等斜率指数（SII），以根据所有癌症和特定癌症的教育水平来表示死亡率差异的大小。
观察到在总体癌症死亡率方面存在较大的教育不平等，尤其是在男性中。在波兰、立陶宛和爱沙尼亚，男性上消化道和肺癌以及女性宫颈癌的不平等情况更为严重，而在芬兰和瑞典，女性肺癌的不平等情况更为严重。
波罗的海地区各国在癌症死亡率的教育不平等程度和模式方面存在很大差异。
