PMID: 9185498Jun 14, 1997Paper

Poverty or income inequality as predictor of mortality: longitudinal cohort study

BMJ : British Medical Journal
K Fiscella, P Franks

Abstract

To determine the effect of inequality in income between communities independent of household income on individual all cause mortality in the United States. Longitudinal cohort study. A nationally representative sample of 14,407 people aged 25-74 years in the United States from the first national health and nutrition examination survey. Subjects were followed from initial interview in 1971-5 until 1987. Complete follow up information was available for 92.2% of the sample. Relation between both household income and income inequality in community of residence and individual all cause mortality at follow up was examined with Cox proportional hazards survival analysis. Community income inequality showed a significant association with subsequent community mortality, and with individual mortality after adjustment for age, sex, and mean income in the community of residence. After adjustment for individual household income, however, the association with mortality was lost. In this nationally representative American sample, family income, but not community income inequality, independently predicts mortality. Previously reported ecological associations between income inequality and mortality may reflect confounding between individual fami...Continue Reading

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