Assessment of Mortality Disparities by Wealth Relative to Other Measures of Socioeconomic Status Among US Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The association between wealth and mortality is likely to be nonlinear and may result from selection and reverse causality.

Objective

To compare the magnitude of mortality disparities by wealth relative to other measures of socioeconomic status (SES).

Design, setting, and participants

This population-based cohort study began in 1995 to 1996, with approximately 18 years of mortality follow-up. These analyses were completed in November 2021. Data were derived from a population-based sample that targeted noninstitutionalized, English-speaking adults aged 25 to 74 years in the contiguous US. The response rate for the telephone interview ranged from 60% (twin subsample) to 70% (main sample). A self-administered questionnaire was completed by 89% of those intervi

SUBMITTER: Glei DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8994125 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature