Sandra McIsaac|Richard G. Wilkinson
Income distribution and cause-specific mortality
Keele University|University College London|Brighton and Sussex Medical School|University of Sussex
aim identify age sex causespecific premature mortality rates contributing association life expectancy income distribution developed countries income distribution calculated 13 oecd countries years luxembourg income study held data potential years life lost 165 years sex cause well age sexspecific allcause mortality rates standardized mortality ratios children 119 years calculated data supplied finding evidence suggesting reported income distribution strongly affected low response rates income surveys used 2 measures income distribution among households head household aged less 65 years weighted response rates among households children among response rates thought higher partial correlations regressions controlling year used analyse relationship mortality income distribution measures income distribution showed broadly similar results egalitarian distribution income related lower allcause mortality rates sexes age groups 6 major categories cause death contributed relationship causes premature mortality contributing road accidents chronic liver disease cirrhosis infections ischaemic heart disease among women injuries among men income distribution associated larger absolute changes mortality causes also larger proportionate changes suicides stomach cancer tended common egalitarian countries