The relation of socioeconomic factors and racial/ethnic differences in US asthma mortality

This study described relations between socioeconomic factors and race/ethnicity as risk factors for asthma mortality. A cross-sectional study was conducted of US mortality records from 1991 through 1996. Higher standardized mortality ratios were seen for Blacks vs Whites (3.34 vs 0.65), low vs high...

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 2000-12, Vol.90 (12), p.1923-1925
Main Authors: Grant, EN, Lyttle, CS, Weiss, KB
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accuracy
Adolescent
Adult
African Americans - education
African Americans - statistics & numerical data
Age Distribution
Age groups
Asthma
Asthma - ethnology
Asthma - mortality
Autopsy - statistics & numerical data
Biological and medical sciences
Cause of Death
Child
Child, Preschool
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma
Cross-Sectional Studies
Cultural differences
Data analysis
Education
Educational Status
Ethnicity
European Continental Ancestry Group - education
European Continental Ancestry Group - statistics & numerical data
Female
Health risk assessment
Hospitalization
Humans
Income - statistics & numerical data
Male
Medical sciences
Minority & ethnic groups
Mortality
Pneumology
Population Surveillance
Public health
Race
Racial aspects
respiratory tract diseases
Risk Factors
Sex Distribution
Socioeconomic Factors
United States - epidemiology
USA
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Summary:This study described relations between socioeconomic factors and race/ethnicity as risk factors for asthma mortality. A cross-sectional study was conducted of US mortality records from 1991 through 1996. Higher standardized mortality ratios were seen for Blacks vs Whites (3.34 vs 0.65), low vs high educational level (1.51 vs 0.69), and low vs high income (1.46 vs 0.71). Excess mortality for Blacks vs Whites was present in the highest and lowest quintiles of median county income and educational level. The disparity in asthma mortality rates according to median county income and education remained after control for race/ethnicity. Black race/ethnicity appears to be associated, independently from low income and low education, with an elevated risk for asthma mortality.
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.90.12.1923