The association between the socioeconomic deprivation level and ischemic heart disease mortality in Japan: an analysis using municipality-specific data.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Geographical variation in the standardized mortality ratio (SMR) for ischemic heart disease (IHD) among municipalities has not been assessed in Japan. Additionally, associations between area-level socioeconomic deprivation indices and IHD mortality have not been identified in Japan. The present study investigated this association.

Methods

Information on IHD mortality was extracted from Vital Statistics data from 2018 to 2020 for each municipality in Japan. The socioeconomic deprivation level was derived from multiple socioeconomic characteristics. We classified municipalities into quintiles based on the deprivation level and investigated the association between the deprivation level and the SMR of IHD. Additionally, a Bayesian spatial regression model was used to

SUBMITTER: Okui T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9754915 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature