The sex differential in mortality rates: demographic and behavioral factors.
The sex differential in mortality rates: demographic and behavioral factors.
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死亡率的性别差异:人口和行为因素。
DOI:
10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a113292
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发表时间:
1982
影响因子:
5
通讯作者:
Wingard,DL
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作者:
Wingard,DL
By using the 1965 Human Population Laboratory Survey of a random sample of 6928 adults in Alameda County, California, and a nine-year follow-up, mortality risk is examined by sex, while simultaneously controlling for 16 demographic and behavioral risk factors by a multiple logistic analysis. Risk factors Include age, race, socioeconomic status, occupation, physical health status, use of health services, smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity, weight, sleeping patterns, marital status, social contacts, church and group membership and life satisfaction. The prevalence and relative mortality risk of each factor combine to influence the sex differential. The unadjusted relative mortality risk for men compared to women is 1.5 (p≤ 0.001). Adjustment for some factors (e.g., smoking and alcohol) decreases this difference, while other adjustments (e.g., for physical activity, physical health status and marital status) increase the difference. Adjustment for all 16 factors slightlyincreasesthe relative risk to 1.7 (p≤ 0.001). These demographic and behavioral risk factors do not account for the overall sex difference in mortality rates. Examination of the interaction of biologic and behavioral risk factors may more fully explain the sex differential in mortality.