Cohen Deborah A, Mason Karen, Bedimo Ariane, Scribner Richard, Basolo Victoria, Farley Thomas A
RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA 90405, USA.
Am J Public Health. 2003 Mar;93(3):467-71. doi: 10.2105/ajph.93.3.467.
We explored the relationship between boarded-up housing and rates of gonorrhea and premature mortality.
In this ecological study of 107 US cities, we developed several models predicting rates of gonorrhea and premature death before age 65 from all causes and from specific causes. We controlled for race, poverty, education, population change, and health insurance coverage.
Boarded-up housing remained a predictor of gonorrhea rates, all-cause premature mortality, and premature mortality due to malignant neoplasms, diabetes, homicide, and suicide after control for sociodemographic factors.
Boarded-up housing may be related to mortality risk because of its potential adverse impact on social relationships and opportunities to engage in healthful behaviors. Neighborhood physical conditions deserve further consideration as a potential global factor influencing health and well-being.
我们探讨了空置房屋与淋病发病率及过早死亡率之间的关系。
在这项对美国107个城市的生态学研究中，我们建立了多个模型，用于预测65岁之前因各种原因以及特定原因导致的淋病发病率和过早死亡率。我们对种族、贫困、教育、人口变化和医疗保险覆盖情况进行了控制。
在对社会人口学因素进行控制后，空置房屋仍然是淋病发病率、全因过早死亡率以及因恶性肿瘤、糖尿病、凶杀和自杀导致的过早死亡率的一个预测因素。
空置房屋可能因其对社会关系和参与健康行为机会的潜在不利影响而与死亡风险相关。邻里的物质条件作为影响健康和幸福的一个潜在全球性因素值得进一步考虑。
