What does your neighbourhood say about you? A study of life expectancy in 1.3 million Swiss neighbourhoods


Autoria(s): Moser, André; Panczak, Radoslaw; Zwahlen, Marcel; Clough-Gorr, Kerri M; Spoerri, Adrian; Stuck, Andreas; Egger, Matthias
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14/08/2014

Resumo

BACKGROUND Switzerland had the highest life expectancy at 82.8 years among the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries in 2011. Geographical variation of life expectancy and its relation to the socioeconomic position of neighbourhoods are, however, not well understood. METHODS We analysed the Swiss National Cohort, which linked the 2000 census with mortality records 2000-2008 to estimate life expectancy across neighbourhoods. A neighbourhood index of socioeconomic position (SEP) based on the median rent, education and occupation of household heads and crowding was calculated for 1.3 million overlapping neighbourhoods of 50 households. We used skew-normal regression models, including the index and additionally marital status, education, nationality, religion and occupation to calculate crude and adjusted estimates of life expectancy at age 30 years. RESULTS Based on over 4.5 million individuals and over 400 000 deaths, estimates of life expectancy at age 30 in neighbourhoods ranged from 46.9 to 54.2 years in men and from 53.5 to 57.2 years in women. The correlation between life expectancy and neighbourhood SEP was strong (r=0.95 in men and r=0.94 women, both p values <0.0001). In a comparison of the lowest with the highest percentile of neighbourhood SEP, the crude difference in life expectancy from skew-normal regression was 4.5 years in men and 2.5 years in women. The corresponding adjusted differences were 2.8 and 1.9 years, respectively (all p values <0.0001). CONCLUSIONS Although life expectancy is high in Switzerland, there is substantial geographical variation and life expectancy is strongly associated with the social standing of neighbourhoods.

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Moser, André; Panczak, Radoslaw; Zwahlen, Marcel; Clough-Gorr, Kerri M; Spoerri, Adrian; Stuck, Andreas; Egger, Matthias (2014). What does your neighbourhood say about you? A study of life expectancy in 1.3 million Swiss neighbourhoods. Journal of epidemiology and community health, 68(12), pp. 1125-1132. BMJ Publishing Group 10.1136/jech-2014-204352 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2014-204352>

doi:10.7892/boris.58135

info:doi:10.1136/jech-2014-204352

info:pmid:25124188

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eng

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BMJ Publishing Group

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http://boris.unibe.ch/58135/

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Moser, André; Panczak, Radoslaw; Zwahlen, Marcel; Clough-Gorr, Kerri M; Spoerri, Adrian; Stuck, Andreas; Egger, Matthias (2014). What does your neighbourhood say about you? A study of life expectancy in 1.3 million Swiss neighbourhoods. Journal of epidemiology and community health, 68(12), pp. 1125-1132. BMJ Publishing Group 10.1136/jech-2014-204352 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2014-204352>

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