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American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 109, No. 2: 186-204
Copyright © 1979 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health

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SOCIAL NETWORKS, HOST RESISTANCE, AND MORTALITY: A NINE-YEAR FOLLOW-UP STUDY OF ALAMEDA COUNTY RESIDENTS

LISA F. BERKMAN1 and S. LEONARD SYME2

1 Department of Epidemiology and Public Health and Institution for Social and Policy Studies, Yale University New Haven, CT 06520
2 Program in Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California Berkeley, CA

1Reprint requests to Dr. Berkman.

The relationship between social and community ties and mortality was assessed using the 1965 Human Population Laboratory survey of a random sample of 6928 adults in Alameda County, California and a subsequent nine-year mortality follow-up. The findings show that people who lacked social and community ties were more likely to die in the follow-up period than those with more extensive contacts. The age-adjusted relative risks for those most Isolated when compared to those with the most social contacts were 2.3 for men and 2.8 for women. The association between social ties and mortality was found to be independent of self-reported physical health status at the time of the 1965 survey, year of death, socioeconomic status, and health practices such as smoking, alcoholic beverage consumption, obesity, physical activity, and utilization of preventive health services as well as a cumulative index of health practices.

health surveys; marriage; mortality; smoking; social class; social Isolation


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W. J. Kop, D. S. Berman, H. Gransar, N. D. Wong, R. Miranda-Peats, M. D. White, M. Shin, M. Bruce, D. S. Krantz, and A. Rozanski
Social Network and Coronary Artery Calcification in Asymptomatic Individuals
Psychosom Med, May 1, 2005; 67(3): 343 - 352.
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E. B. Loucks, L. F. Berkman, T. L. Gruenewald, and T. E. Seeman
Social Integration Is Associated With Fibrinogen Concentration in Elderly Men
Psychosom Med, May 1, 2005; 67(3): 353 - 358.
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E. Bagiella, V. Hong, and R. P Sloan
Religious attendance as a predictor of survival in the EPESE cohorts
Int. J. Epidemiol., April 1, 2005; 34(2): 443 - 451.
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L M Lowery, S Chung, and J M Ellen
Social support and sexually transmitted disease related healthcare utilisation in sexually experienced African-American adolescents
Sex Transm Inf, February 1, 2005; 81(1): 63 - 66.
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P. M. Eng, I. Kawachi, G. Fitzmaurice, and E. B Rimm
Effects of marital transitions on changes in dietary and other health behaviours in US male health professionals
J Epidemiol Community Health, January 1, 2005; 59(1): 56 - 62.
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A. Y. Kinney, L. E. Bloor, C. Martin, and R. S. Sandler
Social Ties and Colorectal Cancer Screening among Blacks and Whites in North Carolina
Cancer Epidemiol. Biomarkers Prev., January 1, 2005; 14(1): 182 - 189.
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R. Lund, K. Avlund, J. Modvig, P. Due, and B. E. Holstein
Development in self-rated health among older people as determinant of social relations
Scand J Public Health, December 1, 2004; 32(6): 419 - 425.
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S. Noy
The Traumatic Process: Conceptualization and Treatment
Traumatology, December 1, 2004; 10(4): 211 - 230.
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T. Rutledge, S. E. Reis, M. Olson, J. Owens, S. F. Kelsey, C. J. Pepine, S. Mankad, W. J. Rogers, C. N. Bairey Merz, G. Sopko, et al.
Social Networks Are Associated With Lower Mortality Rates Among Women With Suspected Coronary Disease: The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute-Sponsored Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation Study
Psychosom Med, November 1, 2004; 66(6): 882 - 888.
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M. A. Lewis, R. M. Butterfield, L. A. Darbes, and C. Johnston-Brooks
The conceptualization and assessment of health-related social control
Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, October 1, 2004; 21(5): 669 - 687.
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D. Hartley
Rural Health Disparities, Population Health, and Rural Culture
Am J Public Health, October 1, 2004; 94(10): 1675 - 1678.
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