Socioeconomic inequalities in avoidable mortality in Italy: results from a nationwide longitudinal cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Disparities in avoidable mortality have never been evaluated in Italy at the national level. The present study aimed to assess the association between socioeconomic status and avoidable mortality.

Methods

The nationwide closed cohort of the 2011 Census of Population and Housing was followed up for 2012-2019 mortality. Outcomes of preventable and of treatable mortality were separately evaluated among people aged 30-74. Education level (elementary school or less, middle school, high school diploma, university degree or more) and residence macro area (North-West, North-East, Center, South-Islands) were the exposures, for which adjusted mortality rate ratios (MRRs) were calculated through multivariate quasi-Poisson regression models, adjusted for age at death. Relativ

SUBMITTER: Petrelli A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10929136 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature