%0 Journal Article
%A Spijker, Jeroen J A
%A Calazans, Júlia Almeida
%A Trias-Llimós, Sergi
%A Renteria, Elisenda
%A Doblhammer, Gabriele
%T Educational inequalities in dementia-related mortality using a multiple cause of death approach and their contribution to life expectancy differences in Spain.
%J Scientific reports
%V 15
%N 1
%@ 2045-2322
%C [London]
%I Springer Nature
%M DZNE-2025-00894
%P 26838
%D 2025
%X We examine dementia-related mortality in Spain from 2016 to 2021, focusing on its comorbidities and educational inequalities in life expectancy at age 60. Using a multiple cause of death (MCOD) approach, we assess how dementia-related mortality varies by education level and how these differences contribute to disparities in longevity. We used mortality data from the Spanish National Statistics Institute (INE) by level of education from 2016 to 2021 to analyse mortality from dementia-related diseases (ICD-10 codes: F01-F03, G30-G31) both as underlying cause of death (UCOD) and as MCOD (irrespective of their position within the death certificate). We estimated age-standardized mortality rates and used life tables and demographic decomposition techniques to assess the impact of dementia-related diseases on educational differences in life expectancy at age 60. Results showed that in 2016-21 MCOD dementia-related deaths accounted for 17
%K Humans
%K Dementia: mortality
%K Spain: epidemiology
%K Life Expectancy
%K Female
%K Male
%K Aged
%K Educational Status
%K Middle Aged
%K Cause of Death
%K Aged, 80 and over
%K Socioeconomic Factors
%K Decomposition (Other)
%K Dementia (Other)
%K Education (Other)
%K Inequalities (Other)
%K Multiple causes of death (Other)
%F PUB:(DE-HGF)16
%9 Journal Article
%$ pmid:40702031
%R 10.1038/s41598-025-10079-x
%U https://pub.dzne.de/record/280057