Do neighborhoods affect individual mortality? A systematic review and meta-analysis of multilevel studies

Meijer, Mathias; Röhl, Jeannette; Bloomfield, Kim; Grittner, Ulrike

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.11.034

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“…Metropolitan areas are often divided into smaller geographic administrative units than rural regions. Our findings are therefore partially in agreement with those of Meijer et al (2012), who in a meta-analysis found stronger associations between neighborhood deprivation and mortality in smaller units than in larger geographic ones (Meijer et al 2012). Residents of deprived neighborhoods in metropolitan regions may therefore be more exposed than those in rural regions to relative deprivation.…”

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“…For example, associations between neighborhood deprivation and mortality due to all causes and cardiovascular mortality in addition to cardiovascular morbidity and poor overall health have been reported (Chaix 2009;Cummins et al 2007;Diez-Roux et al 1997;Diez-Roux 2001;Diez-Roux et al 2001;Diez-Roux et al 2016;Meijer et al 2012;Pickett and Pearl 2001). Several studies conducted in Sweden have reported similar findings: For example, coronary heart disease (CHD) incidence rates as well as case fatalities were higher in deprived neighborhoods than in wealthier neighborhoods (Winkleby, Sundquist, and Cubbin 2007;Chaix, Rosvall, and Merlo 2007;Carlsson et al 2016;Oudin Åström, Sundquist and Sundquist 2018).…”

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confidence: 87%

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Neighborhoods and mortality in Sweden: Is deprivation best assessed nationally or regionally?

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2018

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Neighborhoods and mortality in Sweden: Is deprivation best assessed nationally or regionally?

Åström¹,

Franks²,

Sundquist³

2018

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“…39 Area-based SES measures have been shown to be reflective of SES inequalities in health. 40 Low area-based SES has been shown to be associated with poor health outcomes 41 and linked to poorer dialysis outcomes even in the absence of individual-level SES data. 34,35 The association between neighborhood SES and race disparities in mortality among young adult dialysis patients has not been previously examined.…”

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Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status, Race, and Mortality in Young Adult Dialysis Patients

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Crews

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Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

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Young blacks receiving dialysis have an increased risk of death compared with whites in the United States. Factors influencing this disparity among the young adult dialysis population have not been well explored. Our study examined the relation of neighborhood socioeconomic status (SES) and racial differences in mortality in United States young adults receiving dialysis. We merged US Renal Data System patient-level data from 11,027 black and white patients ages 18-30 years old initiating dialysis between 2006 and 2009 with US Census data to obtain neighborhood poverty information for each patient. We defined low SES neighborhoods as those neighborhoods in US Census zip codes with $20% of residents living below the federal poverty level and quantified race differences in mortality risk by level of neighborhood SES. Among patients residing in low SES neighborhoods, blacks had greater mortality than whites after adjusting for baseline demographics, clinical characteristics, rurality, and access to care factors. This difference in mortality between blacks and whites was significantly attenuated in higher SES neighborhoods. In the United States, survival between young adult blacks and whites receiving dialysis differs by neighborhood SES. Additional studies are needed to identify modifiable factors contributing to the greater mortality among young adult black dialysis patients residing in low SES neighborhoods.

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“…Review articles have summarized a growing number of studies highlighting the importance of place to the health of its residents in the United States (US) and other countries (e.g., Pickett and Pearl 2001;Riva, Gauvin, and Barnett 2007;Black and Macinko 2008;Kim 2008;Mair, Diez Roux, and Galea 2008;Chaix 2009;Meijer et al 2012). Various health-related outcomes examined in previous studies include, but are not limited to: cardiovascular disease, depressive symptoms or depression, low birth weight, mortality, obesity, and self-rated health status.…”

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“…Overall, the importance of place of residence has been demonstrated after accounting for individual sociodemographic characteristics (e.g., age, gender, race/ethnicity, educational achievement, income level, and/or employment status) in a multilevel regression analysis. Among previous studies (Pickett and Pearl 2001;Riva, Gauvin, and Barnett 2007;Black and Macinko 2008;Kim 2008;Mair, Diez Roux, and Galea 2008;Chaix 2009;Meijer et al 2012), the most common research objective was to examine the association of neighborhood socioeconomic characteristics with health. In US studies, an administrative unit at the census tract or block group level (sometimes zip-code tabulation areas) has been used to denote 'neighborhoods' in which individuals reside.…”

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An Area-based Median Household (or Family) Income as a Measure of Neighborhood Affluence-Deprivation Continuum within US Cities

Oka¹

2015

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BACKGROUNDIn the United States (US), the area-based measure of neighborhood socioeconomic characteristics used in health research varies considerably from one study to another. However, it is unclear whether different area-based measures capture the same or different dimension of neighborhood context. OBJECTIVEThe purpose of this study is to examine the relationships between single measures (i.e., area-based median household income and median family income) and composite measures (i.e., area-based measures derived from a combination of multiple variables) of neighborhood socioeconomic characteristics. METHODSArea-based socioeconomic data at the census tract level were obtained from the 2005-09 American Community Survey (ACS) for St. Louis, Missouri; Chicago, Illinois; San Diego, California; and Los Angeles, California. Single measures of neighborhood socioeconomic characteristics were simply taken from the ACS data, and composite measures were derived from the computational methods described in previous studies. Separate correlation statistics were then conducted for four US cities. RESULTSDespite the differences in how selected area-based measures of neighborhood socioeconomic characteristics were derived from the ACS data, they were highly correlated (either negatively or positively) with one another. In other words, selected area-based measures capture the same dimension of neighborhood context. CONCLUSIONSA neighborhood affluence-deprivation continuum in US cities may be captured by an area-based median household (or family) income. Nevertheless, to ensure the http://www.demographic-research.org generalizability and transportability of results from four US cities, further comparisons of area-based measures (not limited to those considered in this study) are needed in different US cities.

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Do neighborhoods affect individual mortality? A systematic review and meta-analysis of multilevel studies

Cited by 247 publications

References 61 publications

Neighborhoods and mortality in Sweden: Is deprivation best assessed nationally or regionally?

Neighborhoods and mortality in Sweden: Is deprivation best assessed nationally or regionally?

Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status, Race, and Mortality in Young Adult Dialysis Patients

An Area-based Median Household (or Family) Income as a Measure of Neighborhood Affluence-Deprivation Continuum within US Cities

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