Income inequality and mortality in metropolitan areas of the United States.

作者: J W Lynch , G A Kaplan , E R Pamuk , R D Cohen , K E Heck

DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.88.7.1074

关键词:

摘要: OBJECTIVES: This study examined associations between income inequality and mortality in 282 US metropolitan areas. METHODS: Income measures were calculated from the 1990 Census. Mortality was National Center for Health Statistics data modeled with weighted linear regressions of log age-adjusted rate. RESULTS: Excess areas high low ranged 64.7 to 95.8 deaths per 100,000 depending on measure. In age-specific analyses, most evident infant ages 15 64. CONCLUSIONS: Higher is associated increased at all capita levels. Areas average had excess 139.8 compared income. The magnitude this difference comparable combined loss life lung cancer, diabetes,...

参考文章(23)
David M. Cutler, Lawrence F. Katz, David Card, Robert E. Hall, Macroeconomic Performance and the Disadvantaged Brookings Papers on Economic Activity. ,vol. 1, pp. 1- 74 ,(1991) , 10.2307/2534589
Michael C. Wolfson, DIVERGENT INEQUALITIES: THEORY AND EMPIRICAL RESULTS Review of Income and Wealth. ,vol. 43, pp. 401- 421 ,(1997) , 10.1111/J.1475-4991.1997.TB00233.X
John W. Lynch, George A. Kaplan, Sarah J. Shema, Cumulative Impact of Sustained Economic Hardship on Physical, Cognitive, Psychological, and Social Functioning New England Journal of Medicine. ,vol. 337, pp. 1889- 1895 ,(1997) , 10.1056/NEJM199712253372606
Ichiro Kawachi, Bruce P. Kennedy, The relationship of income inequality to mortality : Does the choice of indicator matter? Social Science & Medicine. ,vol. 45, pp. 1121- 1127 ,(1997) , 10.1016/S0277-9536(97)00044-0
G A Kaplan, J W Lynch, Whither studies on the socioeconomic foundations of population health American Journal of Public Health. ,vol. 87, pp. 1409- 1411 ,(1997) , 10.2105/AJPH.87.9.1409
John W. Lynch, George A. Kaplan, Understanding How Inequality in the Distribution of Income Affects Health Journal of Health Psychology. ,vol. 2, pp. 297- 314 ,(1997) , 10.1177/135910539700200303
I Kawachi, B P Kennedy, K Lochner, D Prothrow-Stith, Social capital, income inequality, and mortality. American Journal of Public Health. ,vol. 87, pp. 1491- 1498 ,(1997) , 10.2105/AJPH.87.9.1491
Robyn Anderson, Stephen R Dearwater, Todd Olsen, Deborah J Aaron, Andrea M Kriska, Ronald E LaPorte, The Role of Socioeconomic Status and Injury Morbidity Risk in Adolescents Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. ,vol. 148, pp. 245- 249 ,(1994) , 10.1001/ARCHPEDI.1994.02170030015003
R. G. Wilkinson, Income distribution and life expectancy. BMJ. ,vol. 304, pp. 165- 168 ,(1992) , 10.1136/BMJ.304.6820.165
Amartya Sen, The Economics of Life and Death Scientific American. ,vol. 268, pp. 40- 47 ,(1993) , 10.1038/SCIENTIFICAMERICAN0593-40