Recently, studies in many developed countries
ies revealed that persons living in a
neighborhood with lower SES had a higher
mortality from CVD than did those living in
neighborhoods of higher SES (Wilkin, Berthelot
& Ng., 2002; Singh & Siahpush, 2002) even
after controlling for established risk factors and
personal income, education, and occupation (Diez
Roux, et al., 2001).