by Prof. Dr. Fanny Janssen
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Prof. Dr. Fanny Janssen was until recent Honorary Professor in ‘Mortality and Longevity’ at the Population Research Centre, Faculty of Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen (NL) and is senior researcher at the Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI-KNAW) in The Hague |
In my previous research, I have demonstrated the added value for mortality forecasting of a detailed understanding of past trends, and of separately projecting non-linear trends in lifestyle-attributable mortality (such as smoking-attributable mortality) next to the more linear trends in non-lifestyle-attributable mortality. Similarly, I argue that a better understanding of past trends in socio-economic mortality inequalities and its different components is essential for an accurate forecast of future socio-economic inequalities in longevity. As the first part of the ‘Future Longevity Inequalities’ research project, my research team and I have examined the individual and combined impact of smoking, alcohol, and obesity on past trends in educational inequalities in life expectancy in England & Wales, Finland and Italy.
This article was published in The European Actuary No. 45 – March 2026
