title: [Inequalities in premature mortality by indicators of material welfare in Navarre. Population monitoring study 2001-2008].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  To show the inequalities in premature mortality according to indicators of material welfare in Navarre.
  
  
  METHODS
  All citizens under 75 years of age living in Navarre in 2001 were monitored for seven years to determine their vital status. House size and number of household vehicles was used as the socioeconomic status indicator. The age-adjusted total mortality rate and mortality rate from cause-specific mortality were estimated by these indicators.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The rate ratio for all causes of death in the lower categories depending on house size is 1.14 (IC 95%: 1.05-1.24) and 1.25 (IC 95%: 1.18-1.32) in women and men respectively and 1.46 (IC 95%: 1.36-1.57) and 1.97 (IC 95%: 1.89-2.05) depending on the number of vehicles. AIDS is the leading cause of death having a greater difference in mortality rates among people with lower and higher material welfare. Other causes of death with a high difference in mortality rates are digestive diseases and diabetes mellitus in women and digestive diseases and respiratory diseases in men.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The mortality rate in the Navarre population shows an inverse gradient to material welfare,except for some cancer sites. This gradient is higher among men than among women.
authors.affiliation: Universidad Publica de Navarra. emikeleiz@yahoo.es.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Miqueleiz
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lostao
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Reques
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Giráldez-García
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Regidor
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002423:Cause of Death; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus; D005260:Female; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009026:Mortality; D061213:Mortality, Premature; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology