title: Young adults, mortality, and employment.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study assessed the relationship between employment status and mortality over a 2-year period among a nationally representative sample of young adults aged 18 to 24 years (n = 121,478, representing more than 21 million US young adults).
  
  
  METHODS
  By using data from the 1986-2000 National Health Interview Survey and its public-use mortality follow-up through 2002, mortality after 2-year follow-up (for each individual) was regressed on employment status at baseline, controlling for gender, race, education, season, and survey design.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Having been employed was associated with significantly lower risks of all-cause, homicide, and "other-cause" mortality (adjusted odds ratios range: 0.51 to 0.60).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Working appears to be a factor that may prevent premature mortality among young adults; increasing unemployment may result in increased mortality risks among young adults in the future.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA.
authors.forename: Evelyn P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Davila
authors.forename: Sharon L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Christ
authors.forename: Alberto J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Caban-Martinez
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Kristopher L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Arheart
authors.forename: William G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: LeBlanc
authors.forename: Kathryn E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: McCollister
authors.forename: Tainya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Clarke
authors.forename: Frederick
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zimmerman
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Goodman
authors.forename: Carles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Muntaner
authors.forename: Lora E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Fleming
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002423:Cause of Death / Q000639:trends; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009026:Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D016017:Odds Ratio; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult