Predicting mortality from 57 economic, behavioral, social, and psychological factors.

ABSTRACT: Behavioral and social scientists have identified many nonbiological predictors of mortality. An important limitation of much of this research, however, is that risk factors are not studied in comparison with one another or from across different fields of research. It therefore remains unclear which factors should be prioritized for interventions and policy to reduce mortality risk. In the current investigation, we compare 57 factors within a multidisciplinary framework. These include (i) adverse socioeconomic and psychosocial experiences during childhood and (ii) socioeconomic conditions, (iii) health behaviors, (iv) social connections, (v) psychological characteristics, and (vi) adverse experiences during adulthood. The current prospective cohort

SUBMITTER: Puterman E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7369318 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature