%0 Journal Article %1 steenland_all-cause_2004 %A Steenland, Kyle %A Hu, Sherry %A Walker, James %D 2004 %J American Journal of Public Health %K Adult, Aged, Cause Class, Classification Death, Disease, Diseases, Employment, Female, Humans, International Middle Social States, Statistics United Vital of %N 6 %P 1037--1042 %T All-cause and cause-specific mortality by socioeconomic status among employed persons in 27 US states, 1984-1997 %U http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15249312 %V 94 %X OBJECTIVES: We investigated mortality differences according to socioeconomic status (SES) for employed persons in 27 states during 1984-1997. METHODS: SES was determined for persons aged 35-64 years according to the üsual occupation" listed on their death certificates. We used US Census denominator data. RESULTS: For all-cause mortality, rate ratios from lowest to highest SES quartile for men and women were 2.02, 1.69, 1.25, and 1.00 and 1.29, 1.01, 1.07, and 1.00, respectively. Percentage of all deaths attributable to being in the lowest 3 SES quartiles was 27\%. Inverse SES gradients were strong for most major causes of death except breast cancer and colorectal cancer. Heart disease mortality for highest and lowest SES quartiles dropped 45\% and 25\%, respectively, between 1984 and 1997. CONCLUSIONS: Mortality differences by SES were sustained through the 1990s and are increasing for men.

@article{steenland_all-cause_2004, abstract = {{OBJECTIVES:} We investigated mortality differences according to socioeconomic status {(SES)} for employed persons in 27 states during 1984-1997. {METHODS:} {SES} was determined for persons aged 35-64 years according to the "usual occupation" listed on their death certificates. We used {US} Census denominator data. {RESULTS:} For all-cause mortality, rate ratios from lowest to highest {SES} quartile for men and women were 2.02, 1.69, 1.25, and 1.00 and 1.29, 1.01, 1.07, and 1.00, respectively. Percentage of all deaths attributable to being in the lowest 3 {SES} quartiles was 27\%. Inverse {SES} gradients were strong for most major causes of death except breast cancer and colorectal cancer. Heart disease mortality for highest and lowest {SES} quartiles dropped 45\% and 25\%, respectively, between 1984 and 1997. {CONCLUSIONS:} Mortality differences by {SES} were sustained through the 1990s and are increasing for men.}, added-at = {2011-03-11T10:05:34.000+0100}, author = {Steenland, Kyle and Hu, Sherry and Walker, James}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/26bdd91954c774e88d5d3955e07356ce2/jelias}, interhash = {cd06a8a2b0ac78864295d1e5719012bf}, intrahash = {6bdd91954c774e88d5d3955e07356ce2}, issn = {0090-0036}, journal = {American Journal of Public Health}, keywords = {Adult, Aged, Cause Class, Classification Death, Disease, Diseases, Employment, Female, Humans, International Middle Social States, Statistics United Vital of}, month = jun, note = {{PMID:} 15249312}, number = 6, pages = {1037--1042}, timestamp = {2011-03-11T10:06:46.000+0100}, title = {All-cause and cause-specific mortality by socioeconomic status among employed persons in 27 {US} states, 1984-1997}, url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15249312}, volume = 94, year = 2004 }