Inequality in health: socioeconomic differentials in morality in Rome, 1990-95

摘要

Study objective-Population groups with a lower socioeconomic status (SES) have a greater risk of disease and mortality. The aim of this study was to investigate the relation between SES and mortality in the metropolitan area of Rome during the six year period 1990-1995, and to examine variations in morality differentials be- tween 1990-92 and 1993-95. Design-Rome has a population of ap- Proximately 2 800 000, with 6100 census Tracts (CTs). During the study period, 149 002 deaths occurred among residents. The cause-specific mortality rates were Compared among four socioeconomic index, Derived from characteristics of the CT of Residence.