Lies Lammens
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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International Journal of Public Health | 2011
Hadewijch Vandenheede; Lies Lammens; Patrick Deboosere; Sylvie Gadeyne; Myriam De Spiegelaere
ObjectivesTo examine if and to what extent ethnic differences in diabetes-related mortality are associated with differences in education and housing status.MethodsThe data consist of a cohort study linking the 2001 census to emigration and mortality data for the period 2001–05. The study population comprises all Belgian and North African inhabitants of the Brussels-Capital Region (BCR) aged 25–74. Age-standardized mortality rates (ASMRs) (direct standardization) and mortality rate ratios (MRRS) (Poisson regression) are computed.ResultsNorth Africans have a higher diabetes-related mortality compared to Belgians. The ASMRs for North African and Belgian women are 54.8 (95% confidence interval (CI) 31.5–78.2) and 23.8 (95% CI 20.3–27.3), respectively. These differences in diabetes-related mortality largely disappear when differences in education are taken into account. The MRRs for North African versus Belgian origin drop from 1.62 (95% CI 1.11–2.37) to 1.19 (95% CI 0.73–1.93) in men and from 3.35 (95% CI 2.08–5.41) to 1.88 (95% CI 0.95–3.69) in women.ConclusionsDifferences in education play an important part in the excess diabetes-related mortality among North Africans in the BCR.
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Dominique Doumont; William D'hoore; Yves Coppieters; Patrick Deboosere; Anne Ingenbleek; Lies Lammens; Alain Levêque
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Florence Cols; William D'hoore; Yves Coppieters; Patrick Deboosere; Anne Ingenbleek; Lies Lammens; Alain Levêque
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Lies Lammens; Patrick Deboosere; Anne Ingenbleek; Yves Coppieters; William D'hoore; Dominique Doumont; Alain Levêque
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Anne Ingenbleek; Yves Coppieters; Lies Lammens; Dominique Doumont; William D'hoore; Patrick Deboosere; Alain Levêque
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Anne Ingenbleek; Yves Coppieters; Lies Lammens; Dominique Doumont; William D'hoore; Patrick Deboosere; Alain Levêque
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Anne Ingenbleek; Yves Coppieters; Lies Lammens; Dominique Doumont; William D'hoore; Patrick Deboosere; Alain Levêque
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Lies Lammens; Myriam De Spiegelaere; T. Di Zinno; Patrick Deboosere
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Anne Ingenbleek; Yves Coppieters; Lies Lammens; Patrick Deboosere; Dominique Doumont; William D'hoore; Alain Levêque
Archive | 2010
Lies Lammens; Patrick Deboosere; Anne Ingenbleek; Yves Coppieters; Dominique Doumont; William D'hoore; Alain Levêque