Mortality differentials among Israeli men.

Full Abstract

OBJECTIVES: This study examined differentials in mortality among adult Israeli men with respect to ethnic origin, marital status, and several measures of social status. METHODS: Data were based on a linkage of records from a 20% sample of the 1983 census to records of deaths occurring before the end of 1992. The study population included 72,527 men, and the number of deaths was 17,378. RESULTS: Differentials is mortality by origin show that mortality was higher among individuals of North African origin than among those of Asian and European origin. After allowance for several socioeconomic indicators, the excess mortality among North African Jews was eliminated. Substantial and consistent differences in mortality were found according to education, occupation, income, possession of a car, housing, and household amenities. Differentials among the elderly were markedly narrower than those among men younger than 70 years. CONCLUSIONS: Some sectors of Israeli society have higher risks of death than others, including, among the male population, these who are poor, less educated, unmarried, unskilled, out of the labor force, and of North African origin.

Author information

Author/s: Manor, O (O); Eisenbach, Z (Z); Peritz, E (E); Friedlander, Y (Y);

Affiliation: School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical Organization, Ein Karem, Jerusalem, Israel. om(-atsign-)cc.huji.ac.il

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

Journal: American journal of public health (Am J Public Health), published in UNITED STATES. (Language: eng)

Reference: 1999-Dec; vol 89 (issue 12) : pp 1807-13

Dates: Created 1999/12/27; Completed 1999/12/27; Revised 2008/11/20;

PMID: 10589307, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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