Two important sources of inequality in mortality are regional variation and individuals' socioeconomic status. While many studies have investigated the effect that each of these two factors might have had on mortality levels separately, they have rarely been studied simultaneously. Using linked data from the Spanish National Institute of Statistics, we study regional levels of life expectancy and lifespan inequality by sex and educational attainment in contemporary Spain (2014–2018). In all regions, life expectancy was higher (and lifespan variation lower) for individuals with higher educational attainment and among women. We find a negative relationship between life expectancy and lifespan inequality across subnational regions among all sex-education groups. However, the relationship is much weaker among the highly educated. These findings suggest that spatial conditions still matter as health determinants, but even more among individuals with disadvantaged socioeconomic positions, not only in terms of lower life expectancy but also of higher lifespan variation.

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2014-2018 年西班牙受教育程度导致的预期寿命和寿命差异的区域不平等

死亡率不平等的两个重要来源是地区差异和个人的社会经济地位。虽然许多研究分别调查了这两个因素中的每一个可能对死亡率水平产生的影响，但很少同时研究它们。我们使用西班牙国家统计局的关联数据，研究当代西班牙（2014-2018 年）按性别和受教育程度划分的区域预期寿命和寿命不平等水平。在所有地区，受教育程度较高的个人和女性的预期寿命更高（寿命差异更小）。我们发现在所有性教育群体中，预期寿命与国家以下地区的寿命不平等之间存在负相关关系。然而，这种关系在受过高等教育的人群中要弱得多。