County-Level Income Inequality, Social Mobility, and Deaths of Despair in the US, 2000-2019.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Increasing mortality from suicide, drug overdose, and alcohol-related liver disease (collectively referred to as deaths of despair) is a critical public health crisis. Income inequality and social mobility have been separately associated with all-cause mortality; however, no studies have examined their interaction with these preventable deaths.

Objective

To assess the interaction between income inequality and social mobility with deaths of despair among working-age Hispanic, non-Hispanic Black, and non-Hispanic White populations.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study analyzed data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention WONDER (Wide-Ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research) database on county-level deaths of despair

SUBMITTER: Kuo CT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10339154 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature