Correlation between Cerebrovascular Disease( Standardized Mortality Rates) and Family Income & Expenditures

Abstract

In recent years, much attention has been given to the problem of the association of lifestyle with chronic disease. In this report, cerebrovascular disease, reported in male/femaleStandardized Mortality Rates (SMR), was correlated with family income and expenditures, as calculated in 18 categories. Data was grouped as being either from the eastern part or the western part of Japan. The results obtained were as follows: For both sexes, SMRs were higher in the eastern part of Japan than in the western part. Throughout Japan, 4 of the 18 categories were observed as being most significant. These categories concerned expenditures for a) dried and salted fish, b) condiments, and c) cakes, fruits and beverages, and d) social expenses. In all of these categories, expenditures were higher in the eastern part than in the western part of Japan. Throughout Japan, there was a significant correlation for both sexes between the categories and SMR. For both sexes, the correlation between SMR and expenditures for dried and salted fish was higher in the eastern than in the western part of Japan. For both sexes, the correlation between SMR and expenditures for cakes was higher in the eastern than in the western part of Japan. part of Japan. For both sexes, the correlation between SMR and expenditures for condiments was higher in the western than in the eastern part of Japan. Both consumption rate, and the relationship between SMR and family expenditures differ in the eastern and western parts of Japan. Correlations are therefore obscured if they are not analyzed separately for the two regions.