Abstract
Individuals with low socioeconomic position (SEP) experience greater rates of alcohol-attributable mortality, contributing to health inequities in mortality and life expectancy. We examined the association between SEP and alcohol-attributable mortality by sex/gender and age in Canada. Census records from the 2006 Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort (ages 12+; n=5,038,790) were linked to mortality data from 2006-2019. SEP was measured by educational attainment and household income. Poisson and Fine and Gray sub-distribution hazard models estimated rate differences (RD) per 100,000 person-years and hazard ratios (HR). Both educational attainment and household income were inversely associated with alcohol-attributable mortality. Absolute SEP inequities were greater among men than women, with a RD of 30.81 (95% CI: 28.04, 33.57) for men and 9.86 (95% CI: 8.49, 11.22) for women when comparing the lowest to the highest income quintile. Age-stratified analyses showed absolute SEP inequities were most pronounced in middle and older adulthood, above age 30 for women and age 50 for men, with smaller RDs in ages 12-29. Relative SEP inequities were similar in women and men, with greater HRs at younger ages. Public health policies addressing social determinants and population-level alcohol policies should consider patterning of SEP inequities by sex/gender and age group.
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