Socioeconomic inequality and mortality--a regional Danish cohort study.

Background: Socioeconomic inequalities in mortality pose a serious impediment to enhance public health even in highly developed welfare states. This study aimed to improve the understanding of socioeconomic disparities in all-cause mortality by using a comprehensive approach including a range of behavioural, psychological, material and social determinants in the analysis.

Methods: Data from The North Denmark Region Health Survey 2007 among residents in Northern Jutland, Denmark, were linked with data from nationwide administrative registries to obtain information on death in a 5.

Individual social capital and survival: a population study with 5-year follow-up.

Background: The concept of social capital has received increasing attention as a determinant of population survival, but its significance is uncertain. We examined the importance of social capital on survival in a population study while focusing on gender differences.

Methods: We used data from a Danish regional health survey with a five-year follow-up period, 2007-2012 (n = 9288, 53.