Lower socioeconomic status and increased mortality: early childhood roots and the potential for successful interventions

Article Abstract:

Interventions to create positive family conditions for children may help reduce the high mortality rates seen in people with low socioeconomic status (SES). Many scientists believed these groups had higher mortality rates because they were more likely to engage in risky behaviors such as smoking, alcohol use, overeating and physical inactivity. However, a 1998 study found that these behaviors only accounted for 12% to 13% of the high mortality rates in low SES groups. Other research has shown that a harsh childhood environment can have physiological and psychological impacts that could lead to higher mortality rates.

Editorial, Economic aspects, Child rearing

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Socioeconomic factors, health behaviors, and mortality: results from a nationally representative prospective study of US adults

Article Abstract:

Higher mortality rates in low-income groups may not be entirely due to a higher rate of risky behaviors. Researchers analyzed data from 3,617 men and women participating in the Americans' Changing Lives survey. Income was strongly linked to mortality, with the risk of mortality higher in low-income groups compared to middle- and upper-income groups. Even after accounting for risky behaviors such as smoking, alcohol use, a sedentary lifestyle and obesity, the low-income group still had higher mortality rates.

Patient outcomes, Surveys, Poor, Health behavior

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Community Indicators of Health-Related Quality of Life--United States, 1993-1997

Article Abstract:

The socioeconomic characteristics of a community can predict the health of its residents. Researchers analyzed the number of unhealthy days reported by Americans who participated in the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) between 1993 and 1997. Counties with the highest rates of poverty, unemployment, poor education, severe work disability, and teenage births also had the highest number of unhealthy days per capita. This was true regardless of the size of the community.

Sick, Sick persons

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