TY  - JOUR
AU  - Spijker, Jeroen J A
AU  - Calazans, Júlia Almeida
AU  - Trias-Llimós, Sergi
AU  - Renteria, Elisenda
AU  - Doblhammer, Gabriele
TI  - Educational inequalities in dementia-related mortality using a multiple cause of death approach and their contribution to life expectancy differences in Spain.
JO  - Scientific reports
VL  - 15
IS  - 1
SN  - 2045-2322
CY  - [London]
PB  - Springer Nature
M1  - DZNE-2025-00894
SP  - 26838
PY  - 2025
AB  - 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
KW  - Humans
KW  - Dementia: mortality
KW  - Spain: epidemiology
KW  - Life Expectancy
KW  - Female
KW  - Male
KW  - Aged
KW  - Educational Status
KW  - Middle Aged
KW  - Cause of Death
KW  - Aged, 80 and over
KW  - Socioeconomic Factors
KW  - Decomposition (Other)
KW  - Dementia (Other)
KW  - Education (Other)
KW  - Inequalities (Other)
KW  - Multiple causes of death (Other)
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6  - pmid:40702031
DO  - DOI:10.1038/s41598-025-10079-x
UR  - https://pub.dzne.de/record/280057
ER  -