Institute of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Scand J Public Health. 2011 Jul;39(7 Suppl):153-7. doi: 10.1177/1403494811401481.
This paper aims to present the methods and main results from the Danish occupational mortality studies, and to set the Danish studies into the international context of occupational mortality studies.
The first Danish occupational mortality study from 1970-1975 revealed a considerable social class gradient in male mortality where university teachers and farmers had a 40% lower mortality and waiters and seamen had an about 100% higher mortality than the average for economically active men. The social class gradient was less steep for women. A similar pattern was found in 1996- 2005.
In view of the considerable societal changes which have taken place from the beginning of the 1970s to the turn of the century, surprisingly small changes have taken place in the mortality pattern across social groups.
本文旨在介绍丹麦职业死亡率研究的方法和主要结果，并将丹麦的研究置于国际职业死亡率研究的背景下。
第一项丹麦职业死亡率研究始于 1970 年至 1975 年，结果显示男性死亡率存在显著的社会阶层梯度，其中大学教师和农民的死亡率低 40%，而服务员和海员的死亡率比经济活跃男性的平均死亡率高约 100%。女性的社会阶层梯度则较为平缓。在 1996 年至 2005 年期间也发现了类似的模式。
考虑到从 20 世纪 70 年代初到世纪之交期间发生的相当大的社会变革，社会群体之间的死亡率模式变化很小，这令人惊讶。
