Socioeconomic differentials in selected causes of death.

Magnitude and causes of socioeconomic differentials in mortality: further evidence from the Whitehall Study.

STUDY OBJECTIVE The aim was to explore the magnitude and causes of the differences in mortality rates according to socioeconomic position in a cohort of civil servants. DESIGN This was a prospective observational study of civil servants followed up for 10 years after baseline data collection. SETTING Civil service offices in London. PARTICIPANTS 11,678 male civil servants were studied, ag...

Elderly Mortality in Brazil: Trends, Differentials , Causes and Links with Socioeconomic Indicators

Socioeconomic differentials in mortality among older people.

R esearch in social epidemiology and medical sociology has consistently shown that people in lower socioeconomic status groups experience poorer health and live shorter lives than those in higher status groups. However, investigations of such differentials among people aged 65 and over is still comparatively rare. In this issue of the journal Huisman et al report on the results of their analyse...

Socioeconomic differentials in mortality among men within Great Britain: time trends and contributory causes.

STUDY OBJECTIVE To assess the size of mortality differentials in men by social class in Scotland as compared with England and Wales, and to analyse the time trends in these differentials. SUBJECTS Men from England and Wales and Scotland around each census from 1951 to 1981. METHODS Poisson regression analysis was used to calculate relative indices of inequality for disease specific and all ...

A . List of 113 selected causes of death

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