Olof Östergren
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 174992 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Olof Östergren |
| PRENOMES | Olof |
| SOBRENOME | Östergren |
| ASSINATURA | ÖSTERGREN O |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Stockholm University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7156-3260 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 20 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 108 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 20 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2013 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Using pension payments abroad to examine post-retirement migration and health among Finnish migrants in Sweden
This prospective cohort study used linked Swedish administrative registers and pension payment data to examine post-retirement migration patterns and health selection among Finnish migrants compared to native-born Swedes. The cohort included individuals born between 1938 and 1955 who were resident in Sweden at age 64, with follow-up from age 65 until death or the end of 2021 (n = 1794,196; 80,313 Finnish-born). Health status was assessed using th…
Coevolution of education and income inequalities in mortality
BACKGROUND: Education and income are independent predictors of mortality, but they also interact so that educational inequalities in mortality are larger at low levels of income. However, the average educational attainment in high-income countries has risen during recent decades and it is unclear how these associations have changed over time. We studied these interactions in Finland and Sweden. DATA & METHODS: We used individual level register-li…
Neurological conditions and subsequent divorce risk in the Nordic countries
BACKGROUND: Prior studies suggest that poor physical health, accompanied by functional disability, is associated with increased divorce risk. However, this association may depend on gender, the socioeconomic resources of the couple, as well as the social policy and social (in)equality context in which the illness is experienced. This study focuses on neurological conditions, which often have substantial functional consequences. METHODS: We used l…
The Impact of Privileged Classroom Friends on Adult Income and Income Mobility
Social relationships across and within generations are associated with intergenerational income mobility. Parents affect their children's future opportunities through socialization and by conveying various resources to the child during upbringing. However, self-acquired social contacts of children, such as friendships in school, might also affect long-term outcomes. Children from less privileged homes may gain access to additional resources throu…
Les immigrés vivent-ils vraiment plus longtemps que les natifs ? Le cas des Finlandais en Suède
La santé des immigrés dépend de facteurs liés à la fois à leur lieu d’origine et de destination. Les immigrés finlandais de sexe masculin vivant en Suède ont des taux de mortalité compris entre ceux des populations finlandaise et suédoise. Les femmes immigrées, en revanche, affichent une mortalité légèrement supérieure à ces deux populations. Cependant, leurs taux de mortalité liés à l’alcool et au tabac sont situés entre ceux des Finlandaises et…
Migrant mortality by duration of residence and co-ethnic density – A register-based study on Finnish migrants in Sweden with matched controls in the origin and the destination
Migrant health depends on factors both at the origin and at the destination. Health-related behaviors established before migration may change at the destination. We compare the mortality rates from alcohol- and smoking-related causes and cardiovascular diseases (CVD) of Finnish migrants in Sweden to matched controls in both Sweden and Finland with similar sociodemographic characteristics. Migrant mortality rates from behavioral risk factors lie i…
Pathways from Childhood Economic Conditions to Adult Mortality in a 1953 Stockholm Cohort
Although both childhood and adult economic conditions have been found to be associated with mortality, independently or in combination with each other, less is known about the role of intermediate factors between these two life stages. This study explores the pathways between childhood economic conditions and adult mortality by taking personal attributes as well as adult socioeconomic career into consideration. Further, we investigate the role of…
The social gradient in smoking
The cigarette epidemic tends to develop in a similar pattern across diverse populations in different parts of the world. First, the prevalence of smoking increases, then it plateaus and finally it declines. The decline in smoking prevalence tends to be more pronounced in higher social strata. The later stages of the cigarette epidemic are characterized by emerging and persisting socioeconomic gradients in smoking. Due to its detrimental health co…
Excess Mortality by Individual and Spousal Education for Recent and Long-Term Widowed
When considering the timing and the absolute level of excess mortality, we find that the overall patterns of excess mortality are similar across educational strata. We argue that widowhood has a dramatic impact on health, regardless of education
Interdependent pathways between socioeconomic position and health
Health inequalities are generated by the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age. From a life-course perspective, these conditions are formed by complex causal relationships with mutual and intertwined paths between socioeconomic position and health. This study attempts to disentangle some of these processes by examining pathways between socioeconomic position and health across the life-course. We used yearly Swedish nationa…
Income security in Nordic welfare states for men and women who died when aged 55–69 years old
Income security when health impairment or other social risks occur is a major objective of welfare states. This comparative study uses register data from four Nordic welfare states for examining equivalized disposable income during the last 12 years alive among men and women who died when aged 55–69 years old. The analysed outcome indicates the aggregate result of a varied set of income maintenance mechanisms. Median income increased in the Finni…
Contribution of smoking and alcohol consumption to income differences in life expectancy
BACKGROUND: Despite being comparatively egalitarian welfare states, the Nordic countries have not been successful in reducing health inequalities. Previous studies have suggested that smoking and alcohol contribute to this pattern. Few studies have focused on variations in alcohol-related and smoking-related mortality within the Nordic countries. We assess the contribution of smoking and alcohol to differences in life expectancy between countries…
Educational inequalities in mortality are larger at low levels of income
Education develops skills that help individuals use available material resources more efficiently. When material resources are scarce, each decision becomes comparatively more important. Education may also protect from health-related income decline, since the highly educated tend to work in occupations with lower physical demands. Educational inequalities in health may, therefore, be more pronounced at lower levels of income. The aim of this stud…
Is the Association Between Late Life Morbidity and Disability Attenuated Over Time? Exploring the Dynamic Equilibrium of Morbidity Hypothesis
In agreement with the dynamic equilibrium of morbidity hypothesis, this study concludes that the morbidity-disability associations among the Swedish older adults largely waned between 1992 and 2011
Influence of affordability of alcohol on educational disparities in alcohol-related mortality in Finland and Sweden
BACKGROUND: Prices of alcohol and income tend to influence how much people buy and consume alcohol. Price and income may be combined into one measure, affordability of alcohol. Research on the association between affordability of alcohol and alcohol-related harm is scarce. Furthermore, no research exists on how this association varies across different subpopulations. We estimated the effects of affordability of alcohol on alcohol-related mortalit…
Changes in mortality inequalities over two decades
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether government efforts in reducing inequalities in health in European countries have actually made a difference to mortality inequalities by socioeconomic group. DESIGN: Register based study. DATA SOURCE: Mortality data by level of education and occupational class in the period 1990-2010, usually collected in a census linked longitudinal study design. We compared changes in mortality between the lowest and highest soci…
Trends in inequalities in premature mortality
BACKGROUND: Over the last decades of the 20th century, a widening of the gap in death rates between upper and lower socioeconomic groups has been reported for many European countries. For most countries, it is unknown whether this widening has continued into the first decade of the 21st century. METHODS: We collected and harmonised data on mortality by educational level among men and women aged 30-74 years in all countries with available data: Fi…
The potential for reducing differences in life expectancy between educational groups in five European countries
INTRODUCTION: This study assesses the effects of obesity, physical inactivity and smoking on life expectancy (LE) differences between educational groups in five European countries in the early 2000s. METHODS: We estimate the contribution of risk factors on LE differences between educational groups using the observed risk factor distributions and under a hypothetically more optimal risk factor distribution. Data on risk factor prevalence were obta…
Variations in the relation between education and cause-specific mortality in 19 European populations
Educational differences in disability-free life expectancy
Variations in the relation between education and cause-specific mortality in 19 European populations
Trends in inequalities in premature mortality
BACKGROUND: Over the last decades of the 20th century, a widening of the gap in death rates between upper and lower socioeconomic groups has been reported for many European countries. For most countries, it is unknown whether this widening has continued into the first decade of the 21st century. METHODS: We collected and harmonised data on mortality by educational level among men and women aged 30-74 years in all countries with available data: Fi…
Educational differences in disability-free life expectancy
Contribution of smoking and alcohol consumption to income differences in life expectancy
BACKGROUND: Despite being comparatively egalitarian welfare states, the Nordic countries have not been successful in reducing health inequalities. Previous studies have suggested that smoking and alcohol contribute to this pattern. Few studies have focused on variations in alcohol-related and smoking-related mortality within the Nordic countries. We assess the contribution of smoking and alcohol to differences in life expectancy between countries…
Influence of affordability of alcohol on educational disparities in alcohol-related mortality in Finland and Sweden
BACKGROUND: Prices of alcohol and income tend to influence how much people buy and consume alcohol. Price and income may be combined into one measure, affordability of alcohol. Research on the association between affordability of alcohol and alcohol-related harm is scarce. Furthermore, no research exists on how this association varies across different subpopulations. We estimated the effects of affordability of alcohol on alcohol-related mortalit…
The social gradient in smoking
The cigarette epidemic tends to develop in a similar pattern across diverse populations in different parts of the world. First, the prevalence of smoking increases, then it plateaus and finally it declines. The decline in smoking prevalence tends to be more pronounced in higher social strata. The later stages of the cigarette epidemic are characterized by emerging and persisting socioeconomic gradients in smoking. Due to its detrimental health co…
Excess Mortality by Individual and Spousal Education for Recent and Long-Term Widowed
When considering the timing and the absolute level of excess mortality, we find that the overall patterns of excess mortality are similar across educational strata. We argue that widowhood has a dramatic impact on health, regardless of education
Income security in Nordic welfare states for men and women who died when aged 55–69 years old
Income security when health impairment or other social risks occur is a major objective of welfare states. This comparative study uses register data from four Nordic welfare states for examining equivalized disposable income during the last 12 years alive among men and women who died when aged 55–69 years old. The analysed outcome indicates the aggregate result of a varied set of income maintenance mechanisms. Median income increased in the Finni…
The potential for reducing differences in life expectancy between educational groups in five European countries
INTRODUCTION: This study assesses the effects of obesity, physical inactivity and smoking on life expectancy (LE) differences between educational groups in five European countries in the early 2000s. METHODS: We estimate the contribution of risk factors on LE differences between educational groups using the observed risk factor distributions and under a hypothetically more optimal risk factor distribution. Data on risk factor prevalence were obta…
Educational differences in disability-free life expectancy
The potential for reducing differences in life expectancy between educational groups in five European countries
INTRODUCTION: This study assesses the effects of obesity, physical inactivity and smoking on life expectancy (LE) differences between educational groups in five European countries in the early 2000s. METHODS: We estimate the contribution of risk factors on LE differences between educational groups using the observed risk factor distributions and under a hypothetically more optimal risk factor distribution. Data on risk factor prevalence were obta…
Variations in the relation between education and cause-specific mortality in 19 European populations
Trends in inequalities in premature mortality
BACKGROUND: Over the last decades of the 20th century, a widening of the gap in death rates between upper and lower socioeconomic groups has been reported for many European countries. For most countries, it is unknown whether this widening has continued into the first decade of the 21st century. METHODS: We collected and harmonised data on mortality by educational level among men and women aged 30-74 years in all countries with available data: Fi…
Changes in mortality inequalities over two decades
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether government efforts in reducing inequalities in health in European countries have actually made a difference to mortality inequalities by socioeconomic group. DESIGN: Register based study. DATA SOURCE: Mortality data by level of education and occupational class in the period 1990-2010, usually collected in a census linked longitudinal study design. We compared changes in mortality between the lowest and highest soci…
Is the Association Between Late Life Morbidity and Disability Attenuated Over Time? Exploring the Dynamic Equilibrium of Morbidity Hypothesis
In agreement with the dynamic equilibrium of morbidity hypothesis, this study concludes that the morbidity-disability associations among the Swedish older adults largely waned between 1992 and 2011
Influence of affordability of alcohol on educational disparities in alcohol-related mortality in Finland and Sweden
BACKGROUND: Prices of alcohol and income tend to influence how much people buy and consume alcohol. Price and income may be combined into one measure, affordability of alcohol. Research on the association between affordability of alcohol and alcohol-related harm is scarce. Furthermore, no research exists on how this association varies across different subpopulations. We estimated the effects of affordability of alcohol on alcohol-related mortalit…
Educational inequalities in mortality are larger at low levels of income
Education develops skills that help individuals use available material resources more efficiently. When material resources are scarce, each decision becomes comparatively more important. Education may also protect from health-related income decline, since the highly educated tend to work in occupations with lower physical demands. Educational inequalities in health may, therefore, be more pronounced at lower levels of income. The aim of this stud…
Income security in Nordic welfare states for men and women who died when aged 55–69 years old
Income security when health impairment or other social risks occur is a major objective of welfare states. This comparative study uses register data from four Nordic welfare states for examining equivalized disposable income during the last 12 years alive among men and women who died when aged 55–69 years old. The analysed outcome indicates the aggregate result of a varied set of income maintenance mechanisms. Median income increased in the Finni…
Contribution of smoking and alcohol consumption to income differences in life expectancy
BACKGROUND: Despite being comparatively egalitarian welfare states, the Nordic countries have not been successful in reducing health inequalities. Previous studies have suggested that smoking and alcohol contribute to this pattern. Few studies have focused on variations in alcohol-related and smoking-related mortality within the Nordic countries. We assess the contribution of smoking and alcohol to differences in life expectancy between countries…
The social gradient in smoking
The cigarette epidemic tends to develop in a similar pattern across diverse populations in different parts of the world. First, the prevalence of smoking increases, then it plateaus and finally it declines. The decline in smoking prevalence tends to be more pronounced in higher social strata. The later stages of the cigarette epidemic are characterized by emerging and persisting socioeconomic gradients in smoking. Due to its detrimental health co…
Excess Mortality by Individual and Spousal Education for Recent and Long-Term Widowed
When considering the timing and the absolute level of excess mortality, we find that the overall patterns of excess mortality are similar across educational strata. We argue that widowhood has a dramatic impact on health, regardless of education
Interdependent pathways between socioeconomic position and health
Health inequalities are generated by the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age. From a life-course perspective, these conditions are formed by complex causal relationships with mutual and intertwined paths between socioeconomic position and health. This study attempts to disentangle some of these processes by examining pathways between socioeconomic position and health across the life-course. We used yearly Swedish nationa…
Pathways from Childhood Economic Conditions to Adult Mortality in a 1953 Stockholm Cohort
Although both childhood and adult economic conditions have been found to be associated with mortality, independently or in combination with each other, less is known about the role of intermediate factors between these two life stages. This study explores the pathways between childhood economic conditions and adult mortality by taking personal attributes as well as adult socioeconomic career into consideration. Further, we investigate the role of…
Les immigrés vivent-ils vraiment plus longtemps que les natifs ? Le cas des Finlandais en Suède
La santé des immigrés dépend de facteurs liés à la fois à leur lieu d’origine et de destination. Les immigrés finlandais de sexe masculin vivant en Suède ont des taux de mortalité compris entre ceux des populations finlandaise et suédoise. Les femmes immigrées, en revanche, affichent une mortalité légèrement supérieure à ces deux populations. Cependant, leurs taux de mortalité liés à l’alcool et au tabac sont situés entre ceux des Finlandaises et…
Migrant mortality by duration of residence and co-ethnic density – A register-based study on Finnish migrants in Sweden with matched controls in the origin and the destination
Migrant health depends on factors both at the origin and at the destination. Health-related behaviors established before migration may change at the destination. We compare the mortality rates from alcohol- and smoking-related causes and cardiovascular diseases (CVD) of Finnish migrants in Sweden to matched controls in both Sweden and Finland with similar sociodemographic characteristics. Migrant mortality rates from behavioral risk factors lie i…
Neurological conditions and subsequent divorce risk in the Nordic countries
BACKGROUND: Prior studies suggest that poor physical health, accompanied by functional disability, is associated with increased divorce risk. However, this association may depend on gender, the socioeconomic resources of the couple, as well as the social policy and social (in)equality context in which the illness is experienced. This study focuses on neurological conditions, which often have substantial functional consequences. METHODS: We used l…
The Impact of Privileged Classroom Friends on Adult Income and Income Mobility
Social relationships across and within generations are associated with intergenerational income mobility. Parents affect their children's future opportunities through socialization and by conveying various resources to the child during upbringing. However, self-acquired social contacts of children, such as friendships in school, might also affect long-term outcomes. Children from less privileged homes may gain access to additional resources throu…
Coevolution of education and income inequalities in mortality
BACKGROUND: Education and income are independent predictors of mortality, but they also interact so that educational inequalities in mortality are larger at low levels of income. However, the average educational attainment in high-income countries has risen during recent decades and it is unclear how these associations have changed over time. We studied these interactions in Finland and Sweden. DATA & METHODS: We used individual level register-li…
Using pension payments abroad to examine post-retirement migration and health among Finnish migrants in Sweden
This prospective cohort study used linked Swedish administrative registers and pension payment data to examine post-retirement migration patterns and health selection among Finnish migrants compared to native-born Swedes. The cohort included individuals born between 1938 and 1955 who were resident in Sweden at age 64, with follow-up from age 65 until death or the end of 2021 (n = 1794,196; 80,313 Finnish-born). Health status was assessed using th…
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