title: Factors other than risks in the workplace as determinants of socioeconomic differences in health in Italy.
abstract: To evaluate differences in mortality by social class and to determine the impacts of socioeconomic factors on health inequalities in Italy, mortality data from 1981-2001 were analyzed as a function of social class in Turin, controlling for occupational risks, housing conditions, and education. For general and cause-specific mortality, the weight of each socioeconomic indicator was evaluated on population-attributable fraction to social class. Among men, mortality risk was significantly higher in unskilled blue-collar workers (RR = 1.45). Among women, the differences by social class were slighter. Education and economic status mostly explain the mortality differences by social class in men, while economic status showed the highest contribution in women.
authors.affiliation: Epidemiology Unit, Piedmont Region, Grugliasco, Turin, Italy. carlo.mamo@epi.piemonte.it
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mamo
authors.forename: Chiara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Marinacci
authors.forename: Moreno
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Demaria
authors.forename: Dario
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mirabelli
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Costa
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004493:Education; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009026:Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D009790:Occupations; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D012923:Social Class; D017132:Workplace