Chronic disease research in Europe and the need for integrated population cohorts
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Author(s)
Brennan, P
Perola, M
van Ommen, G-JB
Riboli, E
European Cohort Consortium
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The burden of chronic disease in Europe is characterized by several positive trends, but also some major new challenges. On one hand there has been an important and consistent reduction in mortality, particularly in young and middle age that has led to a substantial increase in life expectancy in all 28 countries within the EU (EU28) in the last 40 years. Even within the relatively recent period of 2003–2013, there was an increase in life expectancy of 3.2 years for men and 2.5 years for women overall in the EU (Fig. 1) [1]. While these trends represent a major success in public health, they hide less positive developments, including major health disparities. Across Europe major differences in life expectancy exist, of over 10 years for men and over 7 years for women (Table 1) [1]. These differences are most extreme between southern Mediterranean Europe and the countries of central Europe and the Baltic region.
Date Issued
2017-10-06
Date Acceptance
2017-10-06
Citation
European Journal of Epidemiology, 2017, 32 (9), pp.741-749
ISSN
0393-2990
Publisher
Springer Verlag
Start Page
741
End Page
749
Journal / Book Title
European Journal of Epidemiology
Volume
32
Issue
9
Copyright Statement
© The Author(s) 2017. This article is an open access publication
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Sponsor
Commission of the European Communities
Grant Number
SP23-CT-2005-006438
Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
LUNG-CANCER
MORTALITY
REPRESENTATIVENESS
METAANALYSIS
DEATH
LOCI
European Cohort Consortium
1117 Public Health And Health Services
Epidemiology
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2017-10-06