Racial Differences in Mortality in Older Adults: Factors Beyond Socioeconomic Status

for the Health ABC Study; Thorpe, Roland J.; Koster, Annemarie; Bosma, Hans; Harris, Tamara B.; Simonsick, Eleanor M.; van Eijk, Jacques Th. M.; Kempen, Gertrudis I. J. M.; Newman, Anne B.; Satterfield, Suzanne; Rubin, Susan M.; Kritchevsky, Stephen B.

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Racial Differences in Mortality in Older Adults: Factors Beyond Socioeconomic Status

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for the Health ABC Study, Thorpe, Roland J., Koster, Annemarie, Bosma, Hans, Harris, Tamara B., Simonsick, Eleanor M., van Eijk, Jacques Th. M., Kempen, Gertrudis I. J. M. +4 more·2012·Annals of Behavioral Medicine

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BACKGROUND: Little is known about the simultaneous effect of socioeconomic status (SES), psychosocial, and health-related factors on race differences in mortality in older adults. PURPOSE: This study examined the association between race and mortality and the role of SES, health insurance, psychosocial factors, behavioral factors, and health-related factors in explaining these differences. METHODS: Data consisted of 2,938 adults participating in the Health, Aging and Body Composition study. Mortality was assessed over 8 years. RESULTS: SES differences accounted for 60% of the racial differences in all-cause mortality; behavioral factors and self-rated health further reduced the disparity. The racial differences in coronary heart disease mortality were completely explained by SES. Health insurance and behavioral factors accounted for some, but not all, of the race differences in cancer mortality. CONCLUSIONS: Race-related risk factors for mortality may differ by the underlying cause of mortality.

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Authors: Study, F. T. H. A., Thorpe, R. J., Koster, A., Bosma, H., Harris, T. B., Simonsick, E. M., van Eijk, J. T. M., Kempen, G. I. J. M., Newman, A. B., Satterfield, S., Rubin, S. M., & Kritchevsky, S. B.
Affiliations: Johns Hopkins University (US)
National Institutes of Health (US)
University of Pittsburgh (US)
University of Tennessee Health Science Center (US)
University of California, San Francisco (US)
Wake Forest University Health Sciences (US)
Corresponding author: Thorpe, Roland J.
ORCID: Thorpe, Roland J.
Koster, Annemarie
Bosma, Hans
Harris, Tamara B.
Simonsick, Eleanor M.
Kempen, Gertrudis I. J. M.
Newman, Anne B.
Satterfield, Suzanne
Kritchevsky, Stephen B.
Venue: Annals of Behavioral Medicine
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published: 2011-12-17
Volume: 43
Issue: 1
Pages: 29-38
ISSN: 0742-5554 (ISSN-L)
0883-6612
1532-4796
DOI: 10.1007/s12160-011-9335-4
PMC: PMC3520064
OpenAlex: W1973624865
Cited by: 40
References: 68
Citations by year: 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 9 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 3
FWCI: 2.96
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: bronze
doi.org
Locations: Annals of Behavioral Medicine (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Research Publications (Maastricht University) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Research Publications (Maastricht University) (submittedVersion)
Funders: National Institutes of Health (N01-AG-6-2103, n01ag062101-007, 2p60md000214-11, n01ag062103-006, N01‐AG‐6‐2106, n01ag062106-007, UL1TR000005, N01-AG-6-2101)
National Institute on Aging (N01‐AG‐6–2101, N01AG62106, N01-AG-62103)
National Center for Research Resources (UL1RR024153)
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (P60MD000214-01, P60M.D.000214)
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R24HD042854)
Topics: Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
Keywords: racial disparities in mortality, older adults, socioeconomic status, health insurance, psychosocial factors, behavioral risk factors, self-rated health, coronary heart disease mortality, cancer mortality, all-cause mortality, Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study
MeSH terms: Aged, Black or African American, Female, Humans, Insurance, Health, Life Style, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Mortality, Psychology, Social Class, White People

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