Social Determinants of Active Aging : Differences in Mortality and the Loss of Healthy Life between Different Income Levels among Older Japanese in the AGES Cohort Study
Joint Authors
Hirai, Hiroshi
Kawachi, Ichiro
Kondo, Katsunori
Source
Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-09-18
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
We examined the relationship between income, mortality, and loss of years of healthy life in a sample of older persons in Japan.
We analyzed 22,829 persons aged 65 or older who were functionally independent at baseline as a part of the Aichi Gerontological Evaluation Study (AGES).
Two outcome measures were adopted, mortality and loss of healthy life.
Independent variables were income level and age.
The occurrence of mortality and need for care during these 1,461 days were tracked.
Cox regressions were used to calculate the hazard ratio for mortality and loss of healthy life by income level.
We found that people with lower incomes were more likely than those with higher incomes to report worse health.
For the overall sample, using the governmental administrative data, the hazard ratios of mortality and loss of healthy life-years comparing the lowest to the highest income level were 3.50 for men and 2.48 for women for mortality and 3.71 for men and 2.27 for women for loss of healthy life.
When only those who responded to questions about income on the mail survey were included in the analysis, the relationships became weaker and lost statistical significance.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Hirai, Hiroshi& Kondo, Katsunori& Kawachi, Ichiro. 2012. Social Determinants of Active Aging : Differences in Mortality and the Loss of Healthy Life between Different Income Levels among Older Japanese in the AGES Cohort Study. Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-9.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Hirai, Hiroshi…[et al.]. Social Determinants of Active Aging : Differences in Mortality and the Loss of Healthy Life between Different Income Levels among Older Japanese in the AGES Cohort Study. Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-9.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Hirai, Hiroshi& Kondo, Katsunori& Kawachi, Ichiro. Social Determinants of Active Aging : Differences in Mortality and the Loss of Healthy Life between Different Income Levels among Older Japanese in the AGES Cohort Study. Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-9.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-491638