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The relationship between economic status and mortality of South Koreans, as it relates to average life expectancy

Authors
 Ji Man Kim  ;  Yong-Sim Jo  ;  Eun-Cheol Park  ;  Woo-Hyun Cho  ;  Jongwon Choi  ;  Hoo-Sun Chang 
Citation
 ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, Vol.27(2) : 2443-2457, 2015 
Journal Title
ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
ISSN
 1010-5395 
Issue Date
2015
MeSH
Adult ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Female ; Health Status ; Humans ; Life Expectancy/trends* ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Mortality/trends* ; National Health Programs ; Republic of Korea/epidemiology ; Social Class*
Keywords
Korea ; average life expectancy ; economic status ; mortality ; socioeconomic inequality
Abstract
This study investigates the relationship between economic status and mortality of Korean men and women who were under and over the average national life expectancy using Cox's proportional hazard model to adjust for health status, past medical history, and age. The study subjects come from local applicants of Korean National Health Insurance who had a health examination in 2005. They were enrolled into a follow-up investigation from 2005 to 2011. In individuals younger than the average life expectancy, the mortality of the lowest economic status was 2.48 times higher in men and 2.02 times higher in women than that in the highest economic status. Economic status-mortality association in males older than the average life expectancy was attenuated but not eliminated. However, there is no significant relationship between economic status and mortality for females above the average life expectancy.
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DOI
10.1177/1010539512466569
Appears in Collections:
1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Preventive Medicine (예방의학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Park, Eun-Cheol(박은철) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2306-5398
Cho, Woo Hyun(조우현)
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/140071
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