Mortality inequalities by occupational status and type of job in men and women: results from the Rome Longitudinal Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Socioeconomic inequalities have a strong impact on population health all over the world. Occupational status is a powerful determinant of health in rich societies. We aimed at investigating the association between occupation and mortality in a large metropolitan study.

Design

Cohort study.

Setting

Rome, capital of Italy.

Participants

We used the Rome Longitudinal Study, the administrative cohort of residents in Rome at the 2001 general census, followed until 2015. We selected residents aged 15-65 years at baseline. For each subject, we had information on sex, age and occupation (occupational status and type of job) according to the Italian General Census recognition.

Main outcome measures

We investigated all-cause, cancer, cardiovascular and a

SUBMITTER: Paglione L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7282329 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature