Occupational inequalities in mortality in Korea: an analysis using nationally representative mortality follow-up data from the late 2000s and after.

ABSTRACT: Many Korean and international studies have found higher mortality rates and poorer health conditions among manual workers than among non-manual workers. However, a recent study using unlinked data argued that since the economic crisis in Korea in the late 2000s, the mortality estimates of male Korean non-manual workers have been higher than those of manual workers. Our work using individually linked data from the late 2000s and after aimed to examine mortality inequality by occupational class. We analyzed Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data that were individually linked to cause-of-death data. Cox regression analysis was used to identify the hazard ratios for mortality by occupational class. Of 11,766 males aged between 35 and 64, 397 died between 2007 and 2018: 142

SUBMITTER: Noh E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9350417 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature