PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - I Holme
AU  - A Helgeland
AU  - I Hjermann
AU  - P Leren
AU  - P G Lund-Larsen
TI  - Four-year mortality by some socioeconomic indicators: the Oslo study.
AID  - 10.1136/jech.34.1.48
DP  - 1980 Mar 01
TA  - Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
PG  - 48--52
VI  - 34
IP  - 1
4099  - http://jech.bmj.com/content/34/1/48.short
4100  - http://jech.bmj.com/content/34/1/48.full
SO  - J Epidemiol Community Health1980 Mar 01; 34
AB  - The association between four-year mortality and some socioeconomic indicators has been studied in al Oslo men aged 40--49, invited to a screening programme for cardiovascular disease, and in a 'healthy' subgroup of participating men free of cardiovascular disease and diabetes at screening. The lowest social class exhibited a much higher total mortality than the other classes. This was pronounced for a variety of causes of death, such as cancer of the lung, accidents and homicide, and coronary heart disease. The negative mortality gradient by increasing socioeconomic status can to a certain degree be 'explained' by the coronary risk factor pattern.