Association of US County-Level Eviction Rates and All-Cause Mortality.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Housing instability is a key social determinant of health and has been linked to adverse short- and long-term health. Eviction reflects a severe form of housing instability and disproportionately affects minority and women residents in the USA; however, its relationship with mortality has not previously been described.

Objective

To evaluate the independent association of county-level eviction rates with all-cause mortality in the USA after adjustment for county demographic, socioeconomic, and health-related characteristics.

Design

Cross-sectional.

Participants

Six hundred eighty-six US counties with available 2016 county-level eviction and mortality data.

Exposure

2016 US county-level eviction rate.

Outcome

2016 US county-level age-adju

SUBMITTER: Rao S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9640832 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature