title: The dose-response of time served in prison on mortality: New York State, 1989-2003.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  I investigated the differential impact of the dose-response of length of stay on postprison mortality among parolees.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using 1989-2003 New York State parole administrative data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics on state correctional facilities, I employed multinomial logistic regression analyses and formal demographic techniques that used the life table of the populations to deduce changes in life expectancy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Each additional year in prison produced a 15.6% increase in the odds of death for parolees, which translated to a 2-year decline in life expectancy for each year served in prison. The risk was highest upon release from prison and declined over time. The time to recovery, or the lowest risk level, was approximately two thirds of the time served in prison.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Incarceration reduces life span. Future research should investigate the pathways to this higher mortality and the possibilities of recovery.
authors: Department of Sociology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235-1811, USA. evelyn.patterson@vanderbilt.edu
authors: Evelyn J
authors: EJ
authors: Patterson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009026:Mortality; D009518:New York / Q000453:epidemiology; D011329:Prisoners / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012307:Risk Factors; D016019:Survival Analysis; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult