caa a22 4500 397516428 CHVBK 20180308164620.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202e199512 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1093/eurpub/5.4.259 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.1093/eurpub/5.4.259 Changes in Premature Mortality differentials by marital status in Hungary and in England and Wales [Elektronische Daten] [P. Hajdu, M. Mckee, F. Bojan] During the 1970s and 1980s, when death rates were falling in Western Europe, the former socialist countries of Central and Eastern Europe experienced decreasing life expectancy, in particular among males. Previous studies of the factors associated with these diverging trends have not examined marital status in detail, a factor known to be associated with differences In mortality In other countries. We describe a comparison of patterns of mortality by marital status in Hungary and in England and Wales. This demonstrates that increases in premature mortality in Hungary have been greatest among men who are widowed, have never married and, in particular, are divorced, with married men appearing to have been relatively protected. Among women, the greatest increase has been among widows. We explore competing explanations for this difference and conclude that economic factors are likely to have been of major importance. © Copyright European Journal of Public Health ORIGINAL ARTICLES nationallicence premature mortality nationallicence marital status nationallicence Hajdu P. Department of Social Medicine, Medical University of Debrecen Debrecen, Hungary aut Mckee M. Health Services Research Unit, London School of Hygience and Tropical Medicine London, United Kingdom aut Bojan F. Department of Social Medicine, Medical University of Debrecen Debrecen, Hungary aut The European Journal of Public Health Oxford University Press 5/4(1995-12), 259-264 1101-1262 5:4<259 1995 5 eurpub https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/5.4.259 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/5.4.259 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hajdu P. Department of Social Medicine, Medical University of Debrecen Debrecen, Hungary aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mckee M. Health Services Research Unit, London School of Hygience and Tropical Medicine London, United Kingdom aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bojan F. Department of Social Medicine, Medical University of Debrecen Debrecen, Hungary aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The European Journal of Public Health Oxford University Press 5/4(1995-12), 259-264 1101-1262 5:4<259 1995 5 eurpub Metadata rights reserved CC BY-NC-4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-oxford