Gabriele Doblhammer
Biographic Data
| ID | 263334 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gabriele Doblhammer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gabriele |
| FAMILY NAME | Doblhammer |
| SIGNATURE | DOBLHAMMER G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Rostock |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7746-0652 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 38 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 151 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 35 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Ageing populations
The deceleration in life expectancy gains, particularly among the oldest populations, raises important questions about future trends in longevity. As physical and cognitive health change in older ages healthcare systems will face new and diverse challenges. Understanding the role of ageing and time-to-death in shaping healthcare costs will be critical for anticipating future needs in high-income countries
Regional Disparities in Life Expectancy in the Netherlands and the Role of Internal Migration
Whereas longevity differences between movers and stayers are well‐known, the impact of migration on regional disparities in longevity remains understudied. We estimated the contribution of internal migration to regional life expectancy levels and disparities across the Netherlands, thereby assessing the importance of different age groups. We used mortality and demographic data by internal migrant status, COROP (NUTS‐3) region, age and sex from th…
Social differences in cause-specific infant mortality at the dawn of the demographic transition
Little is known about social gradients in cause-specific infant mortality in the nineteenth century. To our knowledge, this is the first paper to explore this connection for the time prior to the epidemiologic and demographic transitions. We used the church records of Rostock, an important port city on the Baltic coast in northern Germany, and prepared and merged the baptismal and burial registers of its largest parish (St. Jakobi) for the period…
Contributions of causes of death to differentials in life expectancy by internal migrant status in the Netherlands. A population register based study, 2015–2019
Important health differences exist in the context of international migration and residential mobility. Less is known about health differences regarding the medium-distance level of internal migration. This study examines life expectancy gaps between internal movers and stayers in the Netherlands and their underlying processes by assessing the contribution of different causes of death by age and sex. It uses individually-linked death counts and po…
Association between the starting age of non-parental Early Childhood Education and Care (Ecec), and psycho-social problems in adolescence in West and East Germany – a natural experiment using data fro…
The results suggest that if children start ECEC older than 3 years or younger than 2 years, more attention needs to be given to internalizing or externalizing psycho-social problems respectively. The regional differences for children younger than 1 year old may suggest a selection effect in West Germany where only fewer parents bring babies to ECEC, while the regional similarities for children over 3 years old indicate the importance of providing…
The association of unhealthy and healthy food store accessibility with obesity prevalence among adults in the Netherlands
Public policies addressing obesity might be more effective when reducing the presence of unhealthy food rather than expanding healthy food supply. Moreover, they should focus on urban regions and high obesity clusters, thereby considering wider food surroundings
Can dementia become the most prevalent disease at the time of death in Germany? Projections up to the year 2060 for the five most important diseases at the time of death
Data on the burden of disease in the last years of life are an important basis for health policy decisions and the allocation of health care resources. Since dementia is one of the most expensive diseases, we ask the question whether dementia will ever be the most common disease at the time of death in older people? While international cause-of-death statistics report the underlying cause of death, dementia patients generally die from complicatio…
Does the Mortality of Individuals with Severe Disabilities Contribute to the Persistent East–West Mortality Gap Among German Men
After three decades since reunification male life expectancy in East Germany still lags behind that of West Germany. Unlike most of the prior studies focusing on the role of socioeconomic factors, this study aims at assessing the contribution of the population with severe disabilities to the persistent East–West male mortality gap. Our analysis is mainly based on the German Pension Fund data. It is restricted to men aged 30–59 receiving disabilit…
Regional Characteristics of the Second Wave of Sars-CoV-2 Infections and Covid-19 Deaths in Germany
(1) Background: In the absence of individual level information, the aim of this study was to identify the regional key features explaining SARS-CoV-2 infections and COVID-19 deaths during the upswing of the second wave in Germany. (2) Methods: We used COVID-19 diagnoses and deaths from 1 October to 15 December 2020, on the county-level, differentiating five two-week time periods. For each period, we calculated the age-standardized COVID-19 incide…
Approaches and Methods for Causal Analysis of Panel Data in the Area of Morbidity and Mortality
We aim to give an overview of the state of the art of causal analysis of demographic issues related to morbidity and mortality. We will systematically introduce strategies to identify causal mechanisms, which are inherently linked to panel data from observational surveys and population registers. We will focus on health and mortality, and on the issues of unobserved heterogeneity and reverse causation between health and (1) retirement, (2) socio-…
Prevalence, incidence, and risk factors of primary open-angle glaucoma - a cohort study based on longitudinal data from a German public health insurance
Health claims data are an important data source for estimating POAG occurrence and help overcome the problems of small sample sizes. These results may help to understand the causal pathways of POAG and to develop intervention strategies to increase the awareness of patients and physicians with the aim of reducing POAG incidence
A Demographic Perspective on Gender, Family and Health in Europe
family; relationships; health, parenthood
Month of Birth and Dementia Late in Life
Soziale Unterschiede in der Säuglingssterblichkeit in Rostock im 19. Jahrhundert
The English translation of this article is available in Vol 40, No 2 (2015).Der Beitrag untersucht die historische Entwicklung der Säuglingssterblichkeit in der Hansestadt Rostock und widmet sich im Speziellen der Frage, inwieweit sozioökonomische Faktoren die Höhe der Säuglingssterblichkeit im frühen 19. Jahrhundert beeinflussten. Es lässt sich für die Stadt ein im deutschlandweiten Vergleich äußerst niedriges Säuglingssterblichkeitsniveau fests…
Social Differences in Infant Mortality in 19th Century Rostock. A Demographic Analysis Based on Church Records
The article examines the historical development of infant mortality in the Hanseatic city of Rostock, with a special focus on the question of how socio-economic factors influenced infant mortality in the early 19th century. Compared with the rest of Germany, the city exhibited an exceedingly low infant mortality level, in particular in the first third of the century. Our analyses show that the occupation of the father had a significant influence …
Can individual conditions during childhood mediate or moderate the long-term cognitive effects of poor economic environments at birth
A re-analysis of the long-term effects on life expectancy of the Great Finnish Famine of 1866-68
The results of studies exploring the long-term consequences of famine during foetal or infant development are inconsistent. We tested the hypothesis that selection forces occurring during a famine change the distribution of frailty in the affected cohorts, possibly hiding negative long-term effects. Using mortality data for Finland, gathered from the Human Mortality Database, we explored the effect of being born during the Great Finnish Famine of…
La diffusion de la cigarette en Allemagne de l'Est et de l'Ouest
Fumer est l'un des principaux facteurs de risque pour la santé de la population et la mortalité prématurée. En Allemagne, l'évolution de la consommation de cigarette montre qu'elle s'est propagée selon les principes de la théorie de la diffusion. Cette note de recherche présente des données empiriques sur la propension à commencer à fumer (individus « ayant déjà fumé ») et à cesser de fumer (« anciens fumeurs ») en mettant l'accent sur le rôle du…
The Diffusion of Smoking in East and West Germany
Smoking is among the most important risk factors for population health and premature mortality. Smoking trends for Germany indicate that smoking has been spreading according to the assumptions of diffusion theory. This paper presents empirical evidence for smoking diffusion in Germany. We focus on educational differences as well as on differences between East and West Germany in the propensity to start (ever smoker) and quit smoking (former smoke…
Contextual and individual determinants of health among Aussiedler and native Germans
Inequalities in health expectancies at older ages in the European Union
BACKGROUND: Life expectancy gaps between Eastern and Western Europe are well reported with even larger variations in healthy life years (HLY). AIMS: To compare European countries with respect to a wide range of health expectancies based on more specific measures that cover the disablement process in order to better understand previous inequalities. METHODS: Health expectancies at age 50 by gender and country using Sullivan's method were calculate…
Monitoring of German Fertility
This paper introduces a set of methods for estimating fertility indicators in the absence of recent and short-term birth statistics. For Germany, we propose a set of straightforward methods that allow for the computation of monthly and yearly total fertility rates (mTFR) on the basis of preliminary monthly data, including a confidence interval. The method for estimating most current fertility rates can be applied when no information on the age st…
Ageing, Care Need and Quality of Life
Increasing life expectancy and population ageing leads to a rising number of elderly people in need of care. Improvements in health may counterbalance this trend to some extent but cannot fully compensate it. In this proceedings, Gabriele Doblhammer and Rembrandt Scholz present combined expertise in the field of health, care need and care resources. Various care need projections based on diverse projection methods give a detailed overview on prob…
Ageing, Care Need and Quality of Life
Ageing, care need and quality of life
Reproductive history and mortality later in life
Does a woman's reproductive history influence her life span? This study explores the question with data from the contemporary female populations of England and Wales and Austria. It is the first comparative study to investigate the relationship between fertility and mortality late in life. We find similar patterns and age-specific trends of excess mortality in both populations: parity significantly influences longevity, as do both an early and a …
Exogenous determinants of early-life conditions, and mortality later in life
A re-analysis of the long-term effects on life expectancy of the Great Finnish Famine of 1866-68
The results of studies exploring the long-term consequences of famine during foetal or infant development are inconsistent. We tested the hypothesis that selection forces occurring during a famine change the distribution of frailty in the affected cohorts, possibly hiding negative long-term effects. Using mortality data for Finland, gathered from the Human Mortality Database, we explored the effect of being born during the Great Finnish Famine of…
Compression or expansion of morbidity? Trends in healthy-life expectancy in the elderly Austrian population between 1978 and 1998
Inequalities in health expectancies at older ages in the European Union
BACKGROUND: Life expectancy gaps between Eastern and Western Europe are well reported with even larger variations in healthy life years (HLY). AIMS: To compare European countries with respect to a wide range of health expectancies based on more specific measures that cover the disablement process in order to better understand previous inequalities. METHODS: Health expectancies at age 50 by gender and country using Sullivan's method were calculate…
Can individual conditions during childhood mediate or moderate the long-term cognitive effects of poor economic environments at birth
Gender Differences in Trajectories of Health Limitations and Subsequent Mortality. A Study Based on the German Socioeconomic Panel 1995-2001 With a Mortality Follow-up 2002-2005
Health limitations do not make men and women more equal in the face of death. Our results are consistent with earlier studies showing that mortality selection and differences in chronic conditions may explain the gender gap in health and mortality. We extend previous research showing that the female health disadvantage is largely the result of their mortality advantage
A systematic literature review of studies analyzing the effect of sex, age, education, marital status, obesity, and smoking on health transitions
Sex, age, education, marital status, obesity, and smoking have been found to affect health transitions between non-disabled, disabled, and death. Our aim is to review the research literature on this topic and provide structured information, first on th
Seasonal mortality in Denmark
Our paper addresses two questions on seasonal mortality: How do women and men differ with respect to seasonal fluctuations in mortality? How does seasonality in death change with age? The analysis is based on a sample of all Danes aged 50 and older on
Contextual and individual determinants of health among Aussiedler and native Germans
Cause-of-Death Contributions to Educational Inequalities in Mortality in Austria between 1981/1982 and 1991/1992
This article uses census records and deaths records to analyze trends in educational inequalities in mortality for Austrian women and men aged 35-64 years between 1981/1982 and 1991/1992. We find an increasing gradient in mortality by education for circulatory diseases and especially ischaemic heart disease. Respiratory diseases and, in addition for women, cancers showed the opposite trend. Using decomposition analysis, we give evidence that in m…
Trends in educational mortality differentials in Austria between 1981/82 and 2001/2002
Background -- Many studies for European populations found an increase in socio-economic mortality differentials during the last decades of the 20th century, at least in relative terms. The aim of our paper is to explore the situation in Austria, for a
Does the Mortality of Individuals with Severe Disabilities Contribute to the Persistent East–West Mortality Gap Among German Men
After three decades since reunification male life expectancy in East Germany still lags behind that of West Germany. Unlike most of the prior studies focusing on the role of socioeconomic factors, this study aims at assessing the contribution of the population with severe disabilities to the persistent East–West male mortality gap. Our analysis is mainly based on the German Pension Fund data. It is restricted to men aged 30–59 receiving disabilit…
La diffusion de la cigarette en Allemagne de l'Est et de l'Ouest
Fumer est l'un des principaux facteurs de risque pour la santé de la population et la mortalité prématurée. En Allemagne, l'évolution de la consommation de cigarette montre qu'elle s'est propagée selon les principes de la théorie de la diffusion. Cette note de recherche présente des données empiriques sur la propension à commencer à fumer (individus « ayant déjà fumé ») et à cesser de fumer (« anciens fumeurs ») en mettant l'accent sur le rôle du…
The Diffusion of Smoking in East and West Germany
Smoking is among the most important risk factors for population health and premature mortality. Smoking trends for Germany indicate that smoking has been spreading according to the assumptions of diffusion theory. This paper presents empirical evidence for smoking diffusion in Germany. We focus on educational differences as well as on differences between East and West Germany in the propensity to start (ever smoker) and quit smoking (former smoke…
Cohort Changes in the Incidence of Care Need in West Germany Between 1986 and 2005
Seasonality of birth in nineteenth-and twentieth-century Austria
We present an analysis of birth seasonality in nine geographical regions within Austria for two time periods, 1881-1912 and 1947-1959. In the early period, geography, climate, and agricultural patterns were related to birth seasonality. By the latter time period, these factors were no longer related to birth seasonality. We propose a "resilience hypothesis," which suggests two levels of causal influences on birth seasonality. First, underlying th…
Longevity and month of birth
This study investigates the relationship between month of birth and life span. It uses 2 different data for total populations in Austria and Denmark. The Austrian data are based on vital statistics of the exact data of birth and the exact date of death for each person dying after age 50 between 1988 and 1996. The Danish data consist of the total population aged 50+ on April 1, 1968. These people were then followed until their death or until Augus…
Longevity and month of birth
This study investigates the relationship between month of birth and life span. It uses 2 different data for total populations in Austria and Denmark. The Austrian data are based on vital statistics of the exact data of birth and the exact date of death for each person dying after age 50 between 1988 and 1996. The Danish data consist of the total population aged 50+ on April 1, 1968. These people were then followed until their death or until Augus…
Seasonality of birth in nineteenth-and twentieth-century Austria
We present an analysis of birth seasonality in nine geographical regions within Austria for two time periods, 1881-1912 and 1947-1959. In the early period, geography, climate, and agricultural patterns were related to birth seasonality. By the latter time period, these factors were no longer related to birth seasonality. We propose a "resilience hypothesis," which suggests two levels of causal influences on birth seasonality. First, underlying th…
Reproductive history and mortality later in life
Does a woman's reproductive history influence her life span? This study explores the question with data from the contemporary female populations of England and Wales and Austria. It is the first comparative study to investigate the relationship between fertility and mortality late in life. We find similar patterns and age-specific trends of excess mortality in both populations: parity significantly influences longevity, as do both an early and a …
Lifespan depends on month of birth
Month of birth influences adult life expectancy at ages 50+. Why? In two countries of the Northern Hemisphere–Austria and Denmark–people born in autumn (October–December) live longer than those born in spring (April–June). Data for Australia show that, in the Southern Hemisphere, the pattern is shifted by half a year. The lifespan pattern of British immigrants to Australia is similar to that of Austrians and Danes and significantly different from…
Compression or expansion of morbidity? Trends in healthy-life expectancy in the elderly Austrian population between 1978 and 1998
Seasonal mortality in Denmark
Our paper addresses two questions on seasonal mortality: How do women and men differ with respect to seasonal fluctuations in mortality? How does seasonality in death change with age? The analysis is based on a sample of all Danes aged 50 and older on
Cohort Changes in the Incidence of Care Need in West Germany Between 1986 and 2005
Cause-of-Death Contributions to Educational Inequalities in Mortality in Austria between 1981/1982 and 1991/1992
This article uses census records and deaths records to analyze trends in educational inequalities in mortality for Austrian women and men aged 35-64 years between 1981/1982 and 1991/1992. We find an increasing gradient in mortality by education for circulatory diseases and especially ischaemic heart disease. Respiratory diseases and, in addition for women, cancers showed the opposite trend. Using decomposition analysis, we give evidence that in m…
Trends in educational mortality differentials in Austria between 1981/82 and 2001/2002
Background -- Many studies for European populations found an increase in socio-economic mortality differentials during the last decades of the 20th century, at least in relative terms. The aim of our paper is to explore the situation in Austria, for a
Ageing populations
A systematic literature review of studies analyzing the effect of sex, age, education, marital status, obesity, and smoking on health transitions
Sex, age, education, marital status, obesity, and smoking have been found to affect health transitions between non-disabled, disabled, and death. Our aim is to review the research literature on this topic and provide structured information, first on th
Gender Differences in Trajectories of Health Limitations and Subsequent Mortality. A Study Based on the German Socioeconomic Panel 1995-2001 With a Mortality Follow-up 2002-2005
Health limitations do not make men and women more equal in the face of death. Our results are consistent with earlier studies showing that mortality selection and differences in chronic conditions may explain the gender gap in health and mortality. We extend previous research showing that the female health disadvantage is largely the result of their mortality advantage
Exogenous determinants of early-life conditions, and mortality later in life
Ageing, Care Need and Quality of Life
Increasing life expectancy and population ageing leads to a rising number of elderly people in need of care. Improvements in health may counterbalance this trend to some extent but cannot fully compensate it. In this proceedings, Gabriele Doblhammer and Rembrandt Scholz present combined expertise in the field of health, care need and care resources. Various care need projections based on diverse projection methods give a detailed overview on prob…
Ageing, Care Need and Quality of Life
Ageing, care need and quality of life
Inequalities in health expectancies at older ages in the European Union
BACKGROUND: Life expectancy gaps between Eastern and Western Europe are well reported with even larger variations in healthy life years (HLY). AIMS: To compare European countries with respect to a wide range of health expectancies based on more specific measures that cover the disablement process in order to better understand previous inequalities. METHODS: Health expectancies at age 50 by gender and country using Sullivan's method were calculate…
Monitoring of German Fertility
This paper introduces a set of methods for estimating fertility indicators in the absence of recent and short-term birth statistics. For Germany, we propose a set of straightforward methods that allow for the computation of monthly and yearly total fertility rates (mTFR) on the basis of preliminary monthly data, including a confidence interval. The method for estimating most current fertility rates can be applied when no information on the age st…
The Diffusion of Smoking in East and West Germany
Smoking is among the most important risk factors for population health and premature mortality. Smoking trends for Germany indicate that smoking has been spreading according to the assumptions of diffusion theory. This paper presents empirical evidence for smoking diffusion in Germany. We focus on educational differences as well as on differences between East and West Germany in the propensity to start (ever smoker) and quit smoking (former smoke…
Contextual and individual determinants of health among Aussiedler and native Germans
A re-analysis of the long-term effects on life expectancy of the Great Finnish Famine of 1866-68
The results of studies exploring the long-term consequences of famine during foetal or infant development are inconsistent. We tested the hypothesis that selection forces occurring during a famine change the distribution of frailty in the affected cohorts, possibly hiding negative long-term effects. Using mortality data for Finland, gathered from the Human Mortality Database, we explored the effect of being born during the Great Finnish Famine of…
La diffusion de la cigarette en Allemagne de l'Est et de l'Ouest
Fumer est l'un des principaux facteurs de risque pour la santé de la population et la mortalité prématurée. En Allemagne, l'évolution de la consommation de cigarette montre qu'elle s'est propagée selon les principes de la théorie de la diffusion. Cette note de recherche présente des données empiriques sur la propension à commencer à fumer (individus « ayant déjà fumé ») et à cesser de fumer (« anciens fumeurs ») en mettant l'accent sur le rôle du…
Can individual conditions during childhood mediate or moderate the long-term cognitive effects of poor economic environments at birth
Month of Birth and Dementia Late in Life
Soziale Unterschiede in der Säuglingssterblichkeit in Rostock im 19. Jahrhundert
The English translation of this article is available in Vol 40, No 2 (2015).Der Beitrag untersucht die historische Entwicklung der Säuglingssterblichkeit in der Hansestadt Rostock und widmet sich im Speziellen der Frage, inwieweit sozioökonomische Faktoren die Höhe der Säuglingssterblichkeit im frühen 19. Jahrhundert beeinflussten. Es lässt sich für die Stadt ein im deutschlandweiten Vergleich äußerst niedriges Säuglingssterblichkeitsniveau fests…
Demography (26 works) · Medicine (26 works) · Population (25 works) · Sociology (21 works) · Global Health Care Issues (20 works) · Demography (19 works) · Geography (19 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (17 works) · Life expectancy (14 works) · Environmental health (12 works)