This study examines the association of socio-economic factors with mortality for the Asian population, and compares with those of the European/Other group. Conversely, it examines differences in mortality rates between the European/Other and Asian groups by levels of these socio-economic factors. Asian and European/Other 25–74 year olds on census night 1996 and 2001 were followed up for 3 years by record linkage with mortality data. Socio-economic position was measured using household income, highest educational qualification and a measure of neighbourhood deprivation. Poisson regression modelling was used to estimate the effect socio-economic variables and ethnicity on mortality rates. Asians with no qualifications had mortality rates 72% higher than those Asians with post-school qualifications whereas the corresponding figure for European/Others was 29%. Asian people living in areas of high deprivation had mortality rates 56% higher than those living in areas of low deprivation, with a similar result for the European/Other group. However, while there was no income-mortality gradient among Asian people, there was a significant effect of household income for the European/Other group where mortality rates decreased by 6% for each unit increase in income decile. Consequently, the protective effect on mortality from being Asian compared to European/Other) is more marked at higher levels of education or lower levels of income. Education is an important determinant of mortality among Asian people, but not income, perhaps reflecting the importance of education as a predictor of health status following migration, and sacrifices in income that migrants are prepared to make.

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亚洲人死亡率的社会经济不平等：1996-2004年新西兰人口普查死亡率研究

这项研究调查了亚洲人口的社会经济因素与死亡率之间的关系，并与欧洲/其他人群进行了比较。相反，它通过这些社会经济因素的水平来检验欧洲/其他和亚洲人群之间的死亡率差异。通过记录死亡率数据，对1996年和2001年普查夜的亚洲和欧洲/其他25-74岁年龄段的孩子进行了为期3年的随访。社会经济地位是通过家庭收入，最高学历和邻里剥夺来衡量的。泊松回归模型用于估计社会经济变量和种族对死亡率的影响。没有学历的亚洲人的死亡率比学后学历的亚洲人高72％，而欧洲/其他人的相应数字是29％。生活在高贫困地区的亚洲人的死亡率比生活在低贫困地区的人高56％，欧洲/其他群体的结果与此相似。然而，虽然亚洲人之间没有死亡率-死亡率的梯度，但是对于欧洲/其他族群来说，家庭收入有显着影响，因为每增加十分位数的人口死亡率就会降低6％。因此，与较高的教育水平或较低的收入水平相比，亚洲人相比欧洲人/其他人对死亡率的保护作用更为明显。教育是决定亚洲人死亡率的重要决定因素，而不是收入，