STUDY OBJECTIVE--The aim was to explore the magnitude and causes of the differences in
mortality rates according to socioeconomic position in a cohort of civil servants. DESIGN …

STUDY OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that the association between socioeconomic
status and mortality rates cuts across the major causes of death for middle aged and elderly …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the associations of individual and area-based socioeconomic
indicators with cardiovascular disease risk factors and mortality. DESIGN: Prospective study …

STUDY OBJECTIVES: In the UK, studies of socioeconomic differentials in mortality have
generally relied upon occupational social class as the index of socioeconomic position …

Socio-economic differentials in mortality are examined using the explanatory framework
advanced by the Black Report. The evidence reviewed largely relates to studies carried out …

Objective: To study the impact of childhood and adulthood social circumstances on cause
specific adult mortality. Design: Census data on housing conditions from 1960 and Personal …

We linked data from the National Longitudinal Mortality Study to census tract information on
239,187 persons to assess 11-year mortality risk among black and white men and women …

This review focuses on the widening disparities in death rates by socioeconomic class. In
recent years, there has been a major increase in the availability of data linking mortality risk …

Epidemiological studies tend to include the category of social class or socioeconomic status
as regularly but with as little thought as the category of sex. The large social differences in …

This study sought to determine the contribution of neighborhood socioeconomic status to all-
cause mortality and to explore its correlates. As part of the longitudinal “Gezondheid en …