title: Socioeconomic factors, ethnicity and alcohol-related mortality in regions in Slovakia. What might a tree analysis add to our understanding?
abstract: Regional differences in alcohol-related mortality might reflect strong socioeconomic differences between regions. The present study examines the contribution of education, unemployment, income and minority proportion on regional differences in alcohol-related mortality for inhabitants aged 20-64 years. Linear regression analysis and a non-parametric regression tree analysis were used separately for males and females. The unemployment rate and low education appeared as important determinants of regional alcohol-related mortality, while the proportion of Roma and income were not significantly associated with alcohol-related mortality among males in Slovak districts. A district's unemployment rate was assumed to be the strongest predictor of the outcome measure.
authors.affiliation: Kosice Self-governing Region, Department of Regional Development and Local Planning, Nam. Maratonu mieru 1, Kosice, Slovakia. Katarina.Rosicova@vucke.sk
authors.forename: Katarina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rosicova
authors.forename: Andrea Madarasova
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Geckova
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rosic
authors.forename: Niko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Speybroeck
authors.forename: Johan W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Groothoff
authors.forename: Jitse P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: van Dijk
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000401:mortality*; D016208:Databases, Factual; D003663:Decision Trees; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018154:Slovakia / Q000453:epidemiology; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D055815:Young Adult