Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health

The Korean Society for Preventive Medicine (대한예방의학회)
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The Proportional Mortality Ratios of Specific-cause Mortality by Occupation and Education among Men Aged 20-64 in Korea (1993-2004)

직업 및 교육수준에 따른 사망원인별 비례사망비의 연도별 추이: 1993-2004년 우리나라 사망등록자료의 분석

  • Kim, Ki-Hye (Medical College, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Lee, Kyung-Hak (Medical College, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Lee, Sang-Min (Medical College, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Lee, Seung-Yeon (Medical College, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Lee, Ye-Seung (Medical College, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Lim, Kyoung-Ree (Medical College, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Chang, Jee-Eun (Medical College, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Cho, Sang-Won (Medical College, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Choi, Eun-Hye (Medical College, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Chung, Sung-Tae (Department of Preventive Medicine, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Jin, Eun-Jeong (Department of Preventive Medicine, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Son, Mi-A (Department of Preventive Medicine, Kangwon National University)
  • 김기혜 (강원대학교 의과대학 의학과) ;
  • 이경학 (강원대학교 의과대학 의학과) ;
  • 이상민 (강원대학교 의과대학 의학과) ;
  • 이승연 (강원대학교 의과대학 의학과) ;
  • 이예승 (강원대학교 의과대학 의학과) ;
  • 임경리 (강원대학교 의과대학 의학과) ;
  • 장지은 (강원대학교 의과대학 의학과) ;
  • 조상원 (강원대학교 의과대학 의학과) ;
  • 최은혜 (강원대학교 의과대학 의학과) ;
  • 정성태 (강원대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실) ;
  • 진은정 (강원대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실) ;
  • 손미아 (강원대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실)
  • Published : 2007.01.31
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Abstract

Objectives : This study investigated the relationship of occupational class and educational background with proportional mortality ratios in Korea. Methods : Mortality was investigated using the entire registered death data from 1993 to 2004, obtained from the Korean National Statistics Office. Proportional mortality ratios (PMRs) for specific diseases were calculated according to the occupational class and educational background of men aged 20-64. Results : Manual workers were found to have higher PMRs for liver disease and traffic accidents, as did the lower educated group. Especially, this study showed trends of an increasing of the wide gap between lower and higher socioeconomic stati for liver disease, traffic accidents, diabetes mellitus and cerebral vascular disease. The mortality for cerebrovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, heart disease, traffic accident and liver disease showed increasing trends according to the calendar year for the lower than the higher social class. Conclusions : The specific conditions that had higher PMRs in the Korean lower social class were liver disease and traffic accidents. Especially, there was an increasing trend for a widening of the gap between manual and non-manual groups in relation to mortality from liver disease, diabetes mellitus and traffic accidents.

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