From sex differences to sex inequalities in life expectancy: A cross-country observational benchmarking analysis
This study provides a novel, potentially more objective method for assessing sex inequalities in health outcomes, and presents the trends across countries, age, and time.
Authors
- Sarah Bolongaita (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0886-0454)
- Dean T. Jamison (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4387-6064)
- Emily K. Johnson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9213-9533)
- Felícia Marie Knaul (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0512-4788)
- Margaret E. Kruk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9549-8432)
- Angela Y. Chang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3947-3588)
- Sarah Hawkes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1062-3538)
- David Watkins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6341-9595)
- Ole Frithjof Norheim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5748-5956)
- Kent Buse (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5485-0110)
- Omar Karlsson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7201-7595)
- Osondu Ogbuoji (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2472-6861)
Institutions
- Monash University Malaysia (MY)
- El Colegio de México (MX)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Duke University (US)
- University of Southern Denmark (DK)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Lund University (SE)
- University of Washington (US)
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- Duke Institute for Health Innovation (US)
- Global Inkjet Systems (United Kingdom) (GB)
- Global Brain Health Institute (US)
- Harvard Global Health Institute (US)
- University of Bergen (NO)
- Tecnológico de Monterrey (MX)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS Medicine
- Published
- 2025-12-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004828
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.50