Phantom of the area : poverty-area residence and mortality in the United States

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of the study was to conduct a national multivariate analysis on poverty-area residence and mortality in the United States.

METHODS: Proportional hazards analyses were performed of the effect of poverty-area residence on the risk of mortality among adult examinees in the 1971 through 1974 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey who were followed through 1987.

RESULTS: Poverty-area residence was associated with significantly elevated risk of all-cause mortality (rate ratio = 1.78, 95% confidence interval = 1.33, 2.38) and some cause-specific mortality among those aged 25 through 54 years, but not among those aged 55 through 74 years, at baseline after adjustment for several individual and household characteristics.

CONCLUSIONS: Residence in poverty areas contributes to socioeconomic gradients in mortality among nonelderly adults in the United States.

Errataetall:

ErratumIn: Am J Public Health 1998 Jul;88(7):1122

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

1998

Erschienen:

1998

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:88

Enthalten in:

American journal of public health - 88(1998), 6 vom: 09. Juni, Seite 973-6

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Waitzman, N J [VerfasserIn]
Smith, K R [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Age Factors
Americas
Biology
Demographic Factors
Developed Countries
Economic Factors
Geographic Factors
Journal Article
Mortality
North America
Northern America
Population
Population Characteristics
Population Dynamics
Poverty
Risk Factors
Socioeconomic Factors
United States

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 18.06.1998

Date Revised 08.04.2022

published: Print

ErratumIn: Am J Public Health 1998 Jul;88(7):1122

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM09558823X