We study inequality in mortality in Finland using registry data that cover the whole population for years 1990–2018. We create municipality‐level indices of regional deprivation (poverty rate), and show how age‐specific mortality rates have evolved across regions and over time. The inequality in mortality has been remarkably low over the time period for most age groups. However, among young and prime‐age males, the mortality rates have been persistently higher in the poorer areas. For these age groups, the leading causes of death are deaths of despair (alcohol and suicides) and accidents. For the cohorts that were young during the deep recession of the early 1990s, we also document higher inequality in middle‐age mortality than for cohorts entering the labour market in recovery periods.

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芬兰的死亡率不平等*

我们使用涵盖1990-2018年全部人口的注册表数据研究了芬兰的死亡率不平等现象。我们创建了市一级的区域贫困指数（贫困率），并显示了各个地区随时间推移特定年龄死亡率的变化情况。对于大多数年龄段，死亡率不平等现象在这段时间内一直很低。但是，在较贫穷的地区，年轻和成年男性的死亡率一直持续较高。对于这些年龄段，死亡的主要原因是绝望的死亡（酒精和自杀）和事故。对于1990年代初深度衰退期间年轻的队列，我们​​还记录了中年死亡率的不平等现象要比恢复期进入劳动力市场的队列更大。