Comparison of District-level Smoking Prevalence and Their Income Gaps from Two National Databases: the National Health Screening Database and the Community Health Survey in Korea, 2009–2014 | Zendy

Ikhan Kim | Zendy; Jinwook Bahk | Zendy; Yeon-Yong Kim | Zendy; Jeehye Lee | Zendy; HeeYeon Kang | Zendy; Juyeon Lee | Zendy; SungCheol Yun | Zendy; Jong Heon Park | Zendy; SoonAe Shin | Zendy; YoungHo Khang | Zendy

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Comparison of District-level Smoking Prevalence and Their Income Gaps from Two National Databases: the National Health Screening Database and the Community Health Survey in Korea, 2009–2014

Author(s) -

Ikhan Kim,

Jinwook Bahk,

Yeon-Yong Kim,

Jeehye Lee,

HeeYeon Kang,

Juyeon Lee,

SungCheol Yun,

Jong Heon Park,

SoonAe Shin,

YoungHo Khang

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

journal of korean medical science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743

H-Index - 66

eISSN - 1598-6357

pISSN - 1011-8934

DOI - 10.3346/jkms.2018.33.e44

Subject(s) - database , national database , environmental health , medicine , smoking prevalence , computer science , population

Based on two databases, income gaps in smoking prevalence were evident for nearly all districts of Korea. Because of the large sample size for each district, NHSD may provide stable district-level smoking prevalence and its income gap and thus should be considered as a valuable data source for monitoring district-level smoking prevalence and its socioeconomic inequality.

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