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. 2016 Jan 8;15:3. doi: 10.1186/s12939-015-0288-2

Table 3.

HRs of mortality according to individual household income in disadvantaged and advantaged neighborhoods

Disadvantaged neighborhoodsc Advantaged neighborhoodsc
All-cause mortality No. of deaths (deaths per 1,000 pya) HRb 95% CI No. of deaths (deaths per 1,000 pya) HRb 95% CI
Individual household income
High (≥81st percentile) 1,314 (38.6) 1.10 (1.00–1.20)d 1,127 (37.8) 1.00
Middle (21st–80th percentile) 2,168 (36.4) 1.27 (1.17–1.38) 1,607 (35.6) 1.17 (1.08–1.26)
Low (≤20th percentile) 915 (47.7) 1.35 (1.22–1.49) 694 (50.7) 1.28 (1.16–1.41)

apy, person years

badjusted hazard ratio after controlling for all covariates

cDisadvantaged and advantaged neighborhoods were distinguished on the basis of the mean for neighborhood Carstairs index, with disadvantaged neighborhoods having more-than-mean Carstairs index; a higher Carstairs index represents a more deprived neighborhood

d p-value = 0.05