Educational and social inequalities and cause-specific mortality in Mexico City: a prospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Social inequalities in adult mortality have been reported across diverse populations, but there is no large-scale prospective evidence from Mexico. We aimed to quantify social, including educational, inequalities in mortality among adults in Mexico City.

Methods

The Mexico City Prospective Study recruited 150 000 adults aged 35 years and older from two districts of Mexico City between 1998 and 2004. Participants were followed up until Jan 1, 2021 for cause-specific mortality. Cox regression analysis yielded rate ratios (RRs) for death at ages 35-74 years associated with education and examined, in exploratory analyses, the mediating effects of lifestyle and related risk factors.

Findings

Among 143 478 participants aged 35-74 years, there was a strong inverse

SUBMITTER: Addey T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7615266 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature