Getting closer to each other? Convergence and divergence patterns of life expectancy in 277 border regions of Western Europe 1995-2019

Sophie Stroisch; Pavel Grigoriev; Michael Muehlichen; Rok Hrzic; Tobias Vogt

doi:10.1007/s10654-025-01279-w

Getting closer to each other? Convergence and divergence patterns of life expectancy in 277 border regions of Western Europe 1995-2019

Sophie Stroisch^*, Pavel Grigoriev, Michael Muehlichen, Rok Hrzic, Tobias Vogt

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1031-1043
Number of pages	13
Journal	European Journal of Epidemiology
Volume	40
Issue number	9
Early online date	1 Jul 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-025-01279-w
Publication status	Published - Sept 2025

Keywords

European Union
Cross-border
Mortality convergence
Life expectancy
Spatial differences
MORTALITY
HEALTH
UNION
INEQUALITIES
TRENDS
OECD

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