Relative deprivation in income and mortality by leading causes among older Japanese men and women: AGES cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Relative deprivation of income is hypothesised to generate frustration and stress through upward social comparison with one's peers. If psychosocial stress is the mechanism, relative deprivation should be more strongly associated with specific health outcomes, such as cardiovascular disease (compared with other health outcomes, eg, non-tobacco-related cancer).

Methods

We evaluated the association between relative income deprivation and mortality by leading causes, using a cohort of 21 031 community-dwelling adults aged 65 years or older. A baseline mail-in survey was conducted in 2003. Information on cause-specific mortality was obtained from death certificates. Our relative deprivation measure was the Yitzhaki Index, derived from the aggregate income shortfall fo

SUBMITTER: Kondo N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4483791 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature