Monitoring Socioeconomic Disparities in Death: Comparing Individual-Level Education and Area-Based Socioeconomic Measures | Zendy

David H. Rehkopf | Zendy; Lorna T. Haughton | Zendy; Jarvis T. Chen | Zendy; Pamela D. Waterman | Zendy; S. V. Subramanian | Zendy; Nancy Krieger | Zendy

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Monitoring Socioeconomic Disparities in Death: Comparing Individual-Level Education and Area-Based Socioeconomic Measures

Author(s) -

David H. Rehkopf,

Lorna T. Haughton,

Jarvis T. Chen,

Pamela D. Waterman,

S. V. Subramanian,

Nancy Krieger

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2005.075408

Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , census tract , census , demography , inequality , index (typography) , social class , medicine , gerontology , geography , population , sociology , political science , mathematics , mathematical analysis , world wide web , computer science , law

We compared all-cause mortality rates stratified by individual-level education and by census tract area-based socioeconomic measures for Massachusetts (1999-2001). Among persons aged 25 and older, the age-adjusted relative index of inequality was slightly higher for the census tract than for the individual education measures (1.5 vs 1.2, respectively). Only the census tract socioeconomic measures could provide a relative index of inequality (2-3) for deaths before age 25 or detect expected socioeconomic disparities for deaths among persons 65 and older (relative index of inequality= approximately 1.2 vs 0.8 for census tract measures and individual education, respectively).

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