title: Educational inequalities in cancer mortality differ greatly between countries around the Baltic Sea.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare educational inequalities in cancer mortality between Poland, Lithuania, Estonia, Finland and Sweden.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data are either follow-up or unlinked cross-sectional studies. The relative index of inequality (RII) and the slope index of inequality (SII) are calculated to express the magnitude of mortality differences according to educational level for all cancers and for specific cancers.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Large educational inequalities in total cancer mortality were observed, particularly amongst men. Inequalities in upper aero-digestive tract and lung cancer in men and cervix cancer in women were larger in Poland, Lithuania and Estonia, whereas inequalities in lung cancer in women were larger in Finland and Sweden.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Countries of the Baltic Sea region differ strongly with regard to the magnitude and pattern of the educational inequalities in cancer mortality.
authors: Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, Room AE-139, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. n.ezendam@erasmusmc.nl
authors: Nicole P M
authors: NP
authors: Ezendam
authors: Irina
authors: I
authors: Stirbu
authors: Mall
authors: M
authors: Leinsalu
authors: Olle
authors: O
authors: Lundberg
authors: Ramune
authors: R
authors: Kalediene
authors: Bogdan
authors: B
authors: Wojtyniak
authors: Pekka
authors: P
authors: Martikainen
authors: Johan
authors: J
authors: Mackenbach
authors: Anton
authors: A
authors: Kunst
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D001454:Baltic States / Q000453:epidemiology; D004522:Educational Status; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality*; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology