Shannon M Woolley1, Susan L Meacham, Lauren C Balmert, Evelyn O Talbott, Jeanine M Buchanich. 1. From the Department of Biostatistics (Mss Woolley and Balmert and Dr Buchanich) and Department of Epidemiology (Dr Talbott), Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pa; and Discipline of Family Medicine (Dr Meacham), Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Blacksburg, Va.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Determine whether select cause of death mortality disparities in four Appalachian regions is associated with coal mining or other factors. METHODS: We calculated direct age-adjusted mortality rates and associated 95% confidence intervals by sex and study group for each cause of death over 5-year time periods from 1960 to 2009 and compared mean demographic and socioeconomic values between study groups via two-sample t tests. RESULTS: Compared with non-coal-mining areas, we found higher rates of poverty in West Virginia and Virginia (VA) coal counties. All-cause mortality rates for males and females were higher in coal counties across all time periods. Virginia coal counties had statistically significant excesses for many causes of death. CONCLUSIONS: We found elevated mortality and poverty rates in coal-mining compared with non-coal-mining areas of West Virginia and VA. Future research should examine these findings in more detail at the individual level.
OBJECTIVE: Determine whether select cause of death mortality disparities in four Appalachian regions is associated with coal mining or other factors. METHODS: We calculated direct age-adjusted mortality rates and associated 95% confidence intervals by sex and study group for each cause of death over 5-year time periods from 1960 to 2009 and compared mean demographic and socioeconomic values between study groups via two-sample t tests. RESULTS: Compared with non-coal-mining areas, we found higher rates of poverty in West Virginia and Virginia (VA) coal counties. All-cause mortality rates for males and females were higher in coal counties across all time periods. Virginia coal counties had statistically significant excesses for many causes of death. CONCLUSIONS: We found elevated mortality and poverty rates in coal-mining compared with non-coal-mining areas of West Virginia and VA. Future research should examine these findings in more detail at the individual level.
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