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Article: Income Inequality and Cause-Specific Mortality During Economic Development

TitleIncome Inequality and Cause-Specific Mortality During Economic Development
Authors
KeywordsAbsolute Income
All-Cause Mortality
Cause-Specific Mortality
China
Economic Development
Gini
Hong Kong
Income Inequality
Issue Date2012
PublisherElsevier Inc. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/annepidem
Citation
Annals Of Epidemiology, 2012, v. 22 n. 4, p. 285-294 How to Cite?
AbstractPurpose: Life expectancy is strongly related to national income, whether there is an additional contribution of income inequality is unclear. Methods: We used negative binomial regression to examine the association of neighborhood-level Gini, adjusted for age, sex, and income, with mortality rates in Hong Kong from 1976 to 2006. Results: The association of neighborhood Gini with all-cause mortality varied over time (p-value for interaction < .01). Neighborhood Gini was positively associated with nonmedical mortality in 1976 to 1986; incident rate ratio (IRR) 1.09, 95% confidence interval (95% CI) 1.02-1.16 per 0.1 change and in 1991 to 2006, IRR 1.24, 95% CI 1.13-1.36, adjusted for age, sex and absolute income. Similarly adjusted, Gini was not associated with all-cause mortality in 1976 to 1986 (IRR 0.96, 95% CI 0.93-1.00) but was in 1991 to 2006 (IRR 1.25, 95% CI 1.20-1.29), when Gini was also positively associated with death from cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases and some cancers. Conclusions: Independent of income, income inequality was positively associated with nonmedical mortality rates at a low level of spatial aggregation, indicating the consistent harms of social disharmony. However, the impact on medical mortality was less consistent, suggesting the relevance of contextual factors. © 2012 Elsevier Inc.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/146798
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2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.382
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dc.contributor.authorSchooling, CMen_HK
dc.contributor.authorTin, KYen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLeung, GMen_HK
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dc.date.available2012-05-15T02:25:09Z-
dc.date.issued2012en_HK
dc.identifier.citationAnnals Of Epidemiology, 2012, v. 22 n. 4, p. 285-294en_HK
dc.identifier.issn1047-2797en_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/146798-
dc.description.abstractPurpose: Life expectancy is strongly related to national income, whether there is an additional contribution of income inequality is unclear. Methods: We used negative binomial regression to examine the association of neighborhood-level Gini, adjusted for age, sex, and income, with mortality rates in Hong Kong from 1976 to 2006. Results: The association of neighborhood Gini with all-cause mortality varied over time (p-value for interaction < .01). Neighborhood Gini was positively associated with nonmedical mortality in 1976 to 1986; incident rate ratio (IRR) 1.09, 95% confidence interval (95% CI) 1.02-1.16 per 0.1 change and in 1991 to 2006, IRR 1.24, 95% CI 1.13-1.36, adjusted for age, sex and absolute income. Similarly adjusted, Gini was not associated with all-cause mortality in 1976 to 1986 (IRR 0.96, 95% CI 0.93-1.00) but was in 1991 to 2006 (IRR 1.25, 95% CI 1.20-1.29), when Gini was also positively associated with death from cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases and some cancers. Conclusions: Independent of income, income inequality was positively associated with nonmedical mortality rates at a low level of spatial aggregation, indicating the consistent harms of social disharmony. However, the impact on medical mortality was less consistent, suggesting the relevance of contextual factors. © 2012 Elsevier Inc.en_HK
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherElsevier Inc. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/annepidemen_HK
dc.relation.ispartofAnnals of Epidemiologyen_HK
dc.subjectAbsolute Incomeen_HK
dc.subjectAll-Cause Mortalityen_HK
dc.subjectCause-Specific Mortalityen_HK
dc.subjectChinaen_HK
dc.subjectEconomic Developmenten_HK
dc.subjectGinien_HK
dc.subjectHong Kongen_HK
dc.subjectIncome Inequalityen_HK
dc.titleIncome Inequality and Cause-Specific Mortality During Economic Developmenten_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
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