publications | Markus Sauerberg

2025

On the relationship between the Wasserstein distance and differences in life expectancy at birth

Markus Sauerberg

2025

Leveraging machine-learning techniques to detect recurrences in cancer registry data: A multi-registry validation study using German lung cancer data

Henrik Kusche, Christopher Gundler, Ole Johanns, and 16 more authors

European Journal of Cancer, 2025

Published 2025 July 16

DOI Bib

@article{Kusche2025,
  author = {Kusche, Henrik and Gundler, Christopher and Johanns, Ole and Sauerberg, Markus and Wicker, Thorsten and Heinrichs, Vera and Dettmer, Daniel and Goeken, Nils and Langholz, Manuela and Luttmann, Sabine and Mazuch, Peter and Pritzkuleit, Ron and Rath, Natalie and Rausch, Katharina and Sha, Lisa Katharina and Sieber, Alexander and the AI-CARE Working Group and Katalinic, Alexander and Nennecke, Alice},
  title = {Leveraging machine-learning techniques to detect recurrences in cancer registry data: A multi-registry validation study using German lung cancer data},
  journal = {European Journal of Cancer},
  year = {2025},
  volume = {227},
  number = {115604},
  pages = {4246},
  doi = {10.1016/j.ejca.2025.115604},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2025.115604},
  note = {Published 2025 July 16},
}

2024

Spatial disparities in the mortality burden of the COVID-19 pandemic across 569 European regions (2020–2021)

Florian Bonnet, Pavel Grigoriev, Markus Sauerberg, and 3 more authors

Nature Communications, 2024

Published 2024 May 18

DOI Bib

@article{Bonnet2024,
  author = {Bonnet, Florian and Grigoriev, Pavel and Sauerberg, Markus and Alliger, Ina and M{\"u}hlichen, Michael and Camarda, Carlo G.},
  title = {Spatial disparities in the mortality burden of the COVID-19 pandemic across 569 European regions (2020–2021)},
  journal = {Nature Communications},
  year = {2024},
  volume = {15},
  number = {1},
  pages = {4246},
  doi = {10.1038/s41467-024-48689-0},
  publisher = {Nature Publishing Group},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-48689-0},
  note = {Published 2024 May 18},
}

Mortality Convergence in Europe? Spatial Differences in Life Expectancy Gains Between 1995 and 2019

Markus Sauerberg, Florian Bonnet, Carlo G. Camarda, and 1 more author

Population and Development Review, 2024

DOI

Spatial Variation in Excess Mortality Across Europe: A Cross-Sectional Study of 561 Regions in 21 Countries

Florian Bonnet, Pavel Grigoriev, Markus Sauerberg, and 3 more authors

Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health, 2024

DOI Bib

@article{Bonnet2024a,
  author = {Bonnet, Florian and Grigoriev, Pavel and Sauerberg, Markus and Alliger, Ina and Mühlichen, Michael and Camarda, Carlo G.},
  title = {Spatial Variation in Excess Mortality Across Europe: A Cross-Sectional Study of 561 Regions in 21 Countries},
  journal = {Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health},
  year = {2024},
  volume = {14},
  number = {2},
  pages = {470--479},
  doi = {10.1007/s44197-024-00200-0}
}

Age-specific and cause-specific mortality contributions to the socioeconomic gap in life expectancy in Germany, 2003–21: an ecological study

Fabian Tetzlaff, Markus Sauerberg, Pavel Grigoriev, and 1 more author

The Lancet Public Health, 2024

Published correction appears in Lancet Public Health. 2025 Jan;10(1):e10

DOI Bib

@article{Tetzlaff2024,
  author = {Tetzlaff, Fabian and Sauerberg, Markus and Grigoriev, Pavel and others},
  title = {Age-specific and cause-specific mortality contributions to the socioeconomic gap in life expectancy in Germany, 2003–21: an ecological study},
  journal = {The Lancet Public Health},
  year = {2024},
  volume = {9},
  number = {5},
  pages = {e295--e305},
  doi = {10.1016/S2468-2667(24)00049-5},
  note = {Published correction appears in Lancet Public Health. 2025 Jan;10(1):e10}
}

Sterblichkeitsentwicklung in Deutschland im internationalen Kontext [Mortality trends in Germany in an international context]

Pavel Grigoriev, Markus Sauerberg, Domantas Jasilionis, and 2 more authors

Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz, 2024

DOI Bib

@article{Grigoriev2024,
  author = {Grigoriev, Pavel and Sauerberg, Markus and Jasilionis, Domantas and van Raalte, Alyson and Klüsener, Sebastian},
  title = {Sterblichkeitsentwicklung in Deutschland im internationalen Kontext [Mortality trends in Germany in an international context]},
  journal = {Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz},
  year = {2024},
  volume = {67},
  number = {5},
  pages = {493--503},
  doi = {10.1007/s00103-024-03867-9}
}

Regionale Unterschiede und Trends in gesunder Lebenserwartung in Deutschland [Regional differences and trends in healthy life expectancy in Germany]

Elke Loichinger, Thomas Skora, Markus Sauerberg, and 1 more author

Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz, 2024

DOI Bib

@article{Loichinger2024,
  author = {Loichinger, Elke and Skora, Thomas and Sauerberg, Markus and Grigoriev, Pavel},
  title = {Regionale Unterschiede und Trends in gesunder Lebenserwartung in Deutschland [Regional differences and trends in healthy life expectancy in Germany]},
  journal = {Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz},
  year = {2024},
  volume = {67},
  number = {5},
  pages = {546--554},
  doi = {10.1007/s00103-024-03864-y}
}

2023

Sex differences in cause-specific mortality: regional trends in seven European countries, 1996–2019

Markus Sauerberg, Sebastian Klüsener, Michael Mühlichen, and 1 more author

European Journal of Public Health, 2023

DOI

Evaluating Spatial, Cause-Specific and Seasonal Effects of Excess Mortality Associated with the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of Germany, 2020

Michael Mühlichen, Markus Sauerberg, and Pavel Grigoriev

Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health, 2023

DOI Bib

@article{Muehlichen2023,
  author = {Mühlichen, Michael and Sauerberg, Markus and Grigoriev, Pavel},
  title = {Evaluating Spatial, Cause-Specific and Seasonal Effects of Excess Mortality Associated with the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of Germany, 2020},
  journal = {Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health},
  year = {2023},
  volume = {13},
  number = {4},
  pages = {664--675},
  doi = {10.1007/s44197-023-00141-0}
}

Different health systems - Different mortality outcomes? Regional disparities in avoidable mortality across German-speaking Europe, 1992–2019

Michael Mühlichen, Mathias Lerch, Markus Sauerberg, and 1 more author

Social Science & Medicine, 2023

DOI Bib

@article{Muehlichen2023b,
  author = {Mühlichen, Michael and Lerch, Mathias and Sauerberg, Markus and Grigoriev, Pavel},
  title = {Different health systems - Different mortality outcomes? Regional disparities in avoidable mortality across German-speaking Europe, 1992–2019},
  journal = {Social Science \& Medicine},
  year = {2023},
  volume = {329},
  pages = {115976},
  doi = {10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.115976}
}

2022

The demography of COVID-19 deaths database, a gateway to well-documented international data

Arianna Caporali, Jenny Garcia, Étienne Couppié, and 1 more author

Scientific Data, 2022

Published 2022 Mar 22

DOI Bib

@article{Caporali2022,
  author = {Caporali, Arianna and Garcia, Jenny and Couppié, Étienne and others},
  title = {The demography of COVID-19 deaths database, a gateway to well-documented international data},
  journal = {Scientific Data},
  year = {2022},
  volume = {9},
  number = {1},
  pages = {93},
  doi = {10.1038/s41597-022-01191-y},
  note = {Published 2022 Mar 22}
}

Comparing Cohort Survival in Good Health: A Research Note on Decomposing Sex Differentials in the United States

Markus Sauerberg and Vladimir Canudas-Romo

Demography, 2022

DOI Bib

@article{Sauerberg2022,
  author = {Sauerberg, Markus and Canudas-Romo, Vladimir},
  title = {Comparing Cohort Survival in Good Health: A Research Note on Decomposing Sex Differentials in the United States},
  journal = {Demography},
  year = {2022},
  volume = {59},
  number = {6},
  pages = {2013--2024},
  doi = {10.1215/00703370-10349971},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1215/00703370-10349971},
}

2021

The impact of population’s educational composition on Healthy Life Years: An empirical illustration of 16 European countries

Markus Sauerberg

SSM - Population Health, 2021

Published 2021 Jun 26

DOI Bib

@article{Sauerberg2021,
  author = {Sauerberg, Markus},
  title = {The impact of population's educational composition on Healthy Life Years: An empirical illustration of 16 European countries},
  journal = {SSM - Population Health},
  year = {2021},
  volume = {15},
  pages = {100857},
  doi = {10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100857},
  note = {Published 2021 Jun 26}
}

2020

The cross-sectional average length of healthy life (HCAL): a measure that summarizes the history of cohort health and mortality

Markus Sauerberg, Michel Guillot, and Marc Luy

Population Health Metrics, 2020

Erratum in: Popul Health Metr. 2021 Apr 21;19(1):20. doi:10.1186/s12963-021-00254-3

DOI Bib

@article{Sauerberg2020,
  author = {Sauerberg, Markus and Guillot, Michel and Luy, Marc},
  title = {The cross-sectional average length of healthy life (HCAL): a measure that summarizes the history of cohort health and mortality},
  journal = {Population Health Metrics},
  year = {2020},
  volume = {18},
  number = {1},
  pages = {21},
  doi = {10.1186/s12963-020-00220-5},
  note = {Erratum in: Popul Health Metr. 2021 Apr 21;19(1):20. doi:10.1186/s12963-021-00254-3},
  pmid = {32867786},
  pmcid = {PMC7457804},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1186/s12963-020-00220-5}
}

Life Expectancy: Frequently Used, but Hardly Understood

Marc Luy, Paola Di Giulio, Vanessa Di Lego, and 2 more authors

Gerontology, 2020

DOI Bib

@article{Luy2020,
  author = {Luy, Marc and Di Giulio, Paola and Di Lego, Vanessa and Lazarevič, Patrick and Sauerberg, Markus},
  title = {Life Expectancy: Frequently Used, but Hardly Understood},
  journal = {Gerontology},
  year = {2020},
  volume = {66},
  number = {1},
  pages = {95--104},
  doi = {10.1159/000500955}
}