Open AccessTrends in Mortality Risk by Education Level and Cause of Death Among US White Women From 1986 to 2006
Author(s) -
Jennifer Karas Montez,
Anna Zajacova
Publication year - 2013
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.2012.301128
Subject(s) - medicine , demography , national health interview survey , cause of death , mortality rate , disease , gerontology , diabetes mellitus , disadvantaged , lung cancer , environmental health , population , sociology , political science , law , endocrinology
To elucidate why the inverse association between education level and mortality risk (the gradient) has increased markedly among White women since the mid-1980s, we identified causes of death for which the gradient increased.
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