Table 3 Estimated poverty lines, poverty rates, and prevalence of poor health outcome
From: Exploring the health-relevant poverty line: a study using the data of 663,000 individuals in Japan
Health outcome | Poverty line | Poverty rate (%) | Prevalence (%) of poor health outcome | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(× median incomea) | Below the | Above the | Differenced | |||
poverty line (A) | poverty line (B) | (A – B) | ||||
Poor/fair SRHb | Conventionally defined | 0.50 | 14.1 | 18.1 | 12.2 | 5.9 |
(N = 633,258) | 0.60 | 19.9 | 17.4 | 11.9 | 5.4 | |
Method I | 0.86 | 38.0 | 15.8 | 11.3 | 4.5 | |
Method II | 0.67 | 24.4 | 17.0 | 11.8 | 5.2 | |
Poor SRH | Conventionally defined | 0.50 | 14.1 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
(N = 633,258) | 0.60 | 19.9 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 1.3 | |
Method I | 0.84 | 36.5 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 | |
Method II | 0.68 | 25.1 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 1.3 | |
Subjective symptom | Conventionally defined | 0.50 | 14.3 | 39.1 | 32.7 | 6.4 |
(N = 633,258) | 0.60 | 20.1 | 38.3 | 32.4 | 5.9 | |
Method I | 0.86 | 38.3 | 36.7 | 31.6 | 5.1 | |
Method II | 0.76 | 30.9 | 37.4 | 31.9 | 5.5 | |
ADLc problem | Conventionally defined | 0.50 | 14.3 | 16.7 | 11.0 | 5.7 |
(N = 559,269) | 0.60 | 20.1 | 16.0 | 10.8 | 5.2 | |
Method I | 0.86 | 38.0 | 14.5 | 10.2 | 4.3 | |
Method II | 0.68 | 25.2 | 15.6 | 10.5 | 5.0 | |
Psychological distress | Conventionally defined | 0.50 | 14.9 | 6.1 | 3.7 | 2.4 |
(N = 139,132) | 0.60 | 20.5 | 5.9 | 3.5 | 2.4 | |
Method I | 0.72 | 28.1 | 5.6 | 3.4 | 2.2 | |
Method II | 0.69 | 26.1 | 5.7 | 3.4 | 2.3 | |