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Table 3 HRs of mortality according to individual household income in disadvantaged and advantaged neighborhoods

From: Disparities in socioeconomic status and neighborhood characteristics affect all-cause mortality in patients with newly diagnosed hypertension in Korea: a nationwide cohort study, 2002–2013

 

Disadvantaged neighborhoodsc

Advantaged neighborhoodsc

All-cause mortality

No. of deaths (deaths per 1,000 pya)

HRb

95% CI

No. of deaths (deaths per 1,000 pya)

HRb

95% CI

 

Individual household income

        
  

High (≥81st percentile)

1,314

(38.6)

1.10

(1.00–1.20)d

1,127

(37.8)

1.00

 
  

Middle (21st–80th percentile)

2,168

(36.4)

1.27

(1.17–1.38)

1,607

(35.6)

1.17

(1.08–1.26)

  

Low (≤20th percentile)

915

(47.7)

1.35

(1.22–1.49)

694

(50.7)

1.28

(1.16–1.41)

  1. apy, person years
  2. badjusted hazard ratio after controlling for all covariates
  3. cDisadvantaged and advantaged neighborhoods were distinguished on the basis of the mean for neighborhood Carstairs index, with disadvantaged neighborhoods having more-than-mean Carstairs index; a higher Carstairs index represents a more deprived neighborhood
  4. d p-value = 0.05