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Older woman, New York, 2018 (© Bianca Jordan)

New Publication – Social inequality in mortality beyond the age of 65 – The case of Belgium

Post published:07/03/2023
Post category:Publications

Social inequalities in mortality beyond the age of 65 are an important issue in the current context of population ageing, increased life expectancy and policies aimed at extending the legal retirement age. Members of the INEQKILL team just published an article looking into these inequalites in Belgium. They investigated if social inequalities in cause-specific mortality continue in old age, and if these inequalities evolved over the last decades (1992-96 vs. 2011-15). Read more about it on the post page.

Death and the herald. Etching attributed to J.-A. Chovin, 1720-1776, after the Basel dance of death.
(Wellcome collection)

Vacancy – PhD student (VUB/UCL) – Emerging diseases

Post published:23/05/2022
Post category:Vacancies

The EOS project "How inequality kills. Two centuries of social and spatial disparities in all-cause and cause-specific mortality in Belgium (1800-2025)" (INEQKILL) is looking for a doctoral researcher. As a part of this project, the doctoral researcher will conduct quantitative research on socioeconomic inequalities in emerging diseases (AIDS, COVID-19, neurodegenerative diseases, …) under the supervision of the project coordinators. The aim of the PhD is to map social inequalities in emerging diseases via statistical, demographic and epidemiologic analyses using register and census data.

The aristocrat and death.
(Wellcome Collection)

Welcome!

Post published:16/02/2022
Post category:News

Welcome to the INEQKILL website! Our research focusses on the long-term evolution of mortality inequalities (1800-2025). We will share the progress of our research and activities on this website. Are you curious about our project? Do you have a comment or a question? Let us know. You can contact us…