Income inequality and mortality: a multilevel prospective study of 521 248 individuals in 50 US states | Zendy

Eric Backlund | Zendy; Geoffrey M. Rowe | Zendy; John Lynch | Zendy; Michael Wolfson | Zendy; G. A Kaplan | Zendy; Paul D. Sorlie | Zendy

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Income inequality and mortality: a multilevel prospective study of 521 248 individuals in 50 US states

Author(s) -

Eric Backlund,

Geoffrey M. Rowe,

John Lynch,

Michael Wolfson,

G. A Kaplan,

Paul D. Sorlie

Publication year - 2007

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/dym012

Subject(s) - economic inequality , inequality , multilevel model , demography , socioeconomic status , differential (mechanical device) , ecological study , panel study of income dynamics , social inequality , medicine , demographic economics , population , economics , statistics , mathematics , sociology , mathematical analysis , engineering , aerospace engineering

Some of the most consistent evidence in favour of an association between income inequality and health has been among US states. However, in multilevel studies of mortality, only two out of five studies have reported a positive relationship with income inequality after adjustment for the compositional characteristics of the state's inhabitants. In this study, we attempt to clarify these mixed results by analysing the relationship within age-sex groups and by applying a previously unused analytical method to a database that contains more deaths than any multilevel study to date.

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