Influences of Socio-Demographic and Social Context Risk Factors on Labor Force Aged Mortality from Communicable Disease
Warangkana Polprasert PhD*, Yothin Sawangdee PhD**, Yawarat Porrapakham MD***, Guang Guo PhD****, Buppha Sirirassamee PhD**
Affiliation : * School of Health Science, Sukothai Thammathirat Open University ** Institute for Population and Social Research, Mahidol University *** The Ministry of Public Health **** Department of Sociology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Objective : Study the influences of socio-demographic and social context risk factors on labor force aged
mortality from communicable disease.
Materials and Methods : A sample of 28,298 individuals were used to build a piece-wise exponential hazard
model. Investigation of the cause of death used “verbal autopsy”.
Result: It was found that more males are likely to die than females (Exp. = 1.54, S.E. = 0.19). Mortality risk for
those who work is lower than for the jobless while mortality risk for laborers is greater than for the jobless
(Exp. = 2.80, S.E. = 0.54). Migrants are more likely to die than those who have not migrated (Exp. = 12.68,
S.E. = 0.22). People who live in households with debt are more likely to die than those who live in debt-free
households (Exp. = 1.21, S.E. = 0.17). Environmental problems and drinking water quality have significant
positive relationship with death due to communicable disease.
Conclusion : A health prevention plan for individual, household, and community level for this labor force aged
population needs to be provided.
Keywords : Labor force aged mortality, Communicable disease, Social context, Hazard rate
