Inequalities in all-cause and cause-specific mortality across the life course by wealth and income in Sweden: a register-based cohort study
Author(s) -
Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi,
Claire L. Niedzwiedz,
Ruth Dundas,
Naoki Kondo,
Alastair H. Leyland,
Mikael Rostila
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyaa053
Subject(s) - inequality , demography , life course approach , poisson regression , cohort , population , confidence interval , cohort study , mortality rate , medicine , gerontology , psychology , sociology , mathematical analysis , social psychology , mathematics , pathology
Wealth inequalities are increasing in many countries, but their relationship to health is little studied. We investigated the association between individual wealth and mortality across the adult life course in Sweden.
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