Pearce N E, Davis P B, Smith A H, Foster F H
N Z Med J. 1983 Apr 27;96(730):281-5.
Social class differences in New Zealand male mortality are investigated using two different systems of social class classification. In each case it is found that the lower social classes have mortality rates significantly higher than those of the upper social classes with the mortality rate of the lowest class being approximately twice that of the highest class on a six-category scale. The relative risk is higher in the younger age-groups. When the British Registrar-General's scale is used New Zealand exhibits a social class mortality gradient similar to that previously found in England and Wales, but the lowest social class experiences a particularly high mortality rate.
利用两种不同的社会阶层分类系统对新西兰男性死亡率中的社会阶层差异进行了调查。在每种情况下都发现，社会阶层较低者的死亡率显著高于社会阶层较高者，在六分类量表上，最低阶层的死亡率约为最高阶层的两倍。相对风险在较年轻年龄组中更高。当使用英国总登记官的量表时，新西兰呈现出与之前在英格兰和威尔士发现的类似的社会阶层死亡率梯度，但最低社会阶层的死亡率特别高。
