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To determine the extent to which occupational working conditions explain socioeconomic inequalities in cardiovascular mortality among working-age men.

June 1, 2002International Journal of EpidemiologyOpen Access

Socioeconomic inequalities in cardiovascular mortality and the role of work: a register study of Finnish men

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To determine the extent to which occupational working conditions explain socioeconomic inequalities in cardiovascular mortality among working-age men.
Analyzed longitudinal census records of Finnish men aged 25–64 in 1980 with stable occupational status from 1975 to 1980, excluding farming, mining, and military roles.
Followed cohort cardiovascular mortality from 1981 to 1994 across 5.4 million person-years, with socioeconomic indicators updated in 1985 and 1990.
Estimated mortality risks using Poisson regression models integrated with an occupational job exposure matrix.
Eliminating adverse working conditions was estimated to reduce all cardiovascular deaths by 8%, myocardial infarctions by 10%, and cerebrovascular deaths by 18%.
High physical workload, low job control, occupational noise, and shift work were identified as the most impactful job exposures.
Working conditions accounted for only a minor fraction of mortality inequalities, with income and education explaining the primary differences between occupational classes.

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Register-based cohort study reveals working conditions modestly influence cardiovascular mortality in working men, indicating education and income drive major health disparities.

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Virtanen et al. (2002) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a110fb31457680e71f3482a https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/31.3.614

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Register-based cohort study reveals working conditions modestly influence cardiovascular mortality in working men, indicating education and income drive major health disparities.

Socioeconomic inequalities in cardiovascular mortality and the role of work: a register study of Finnish men

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Socioeconomic inequalities in cardiovascular mortality and the role of work: a register study of Finnish men

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