CAS SO 215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Mortality Displacement, Cardiovascular Disease, Infant Mortality
31 Dec 2016
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10/13 social distribution of health and illness12/31/16 9:51:00 am. Ses and health: higher social class = lower morbidity and mortality o morbidity symptoms, illnesses, injuries, impairments o mortality deaths, effects on social class on health is strong and consistent effect of is stronger than that of race/ethnicity on health o but to what extent is ses influenced by race/ethnicity? o race influences ses may not be able to exactly tell the difference between effects of ses or race on health since they"re so closely correlated. Social gradient in health: different from the fact that poor have worse health than well to do, higher mortality for those at the lower levels of education, income, and occupational hierarchy, robust observations for cvd (cardiovascular disease) and many other major causes of death, these observations are confirmed even in such relatively egalitarian countries as.
