OBJECTIVES: To simultaneously examine the effects of area-level and individual-level socioeconomic position on @entity130 in @entity1 <5 years of age. METHODS: A retrospective cohort study based on the national birth and death registers of Korea. 2 667 060 @entity1 born during 1995-8 were followed up from birth to the 5th birthday. Cumulative incidences of @entity130 were calculated, and through multilevel Poisson regression models, relative risks (RRs) of incidence rate were estimated according to @entity1 's sex, father's occupation and mother's education at individual level, and deprivation and degree of urbanity at area level. RESULTS: @entity1 had lower risk for @entity130 than @entity1 (RR 0.81; 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.75 to 0.87). Compared with @entity1 with fathers in non-manual occupations, those with fathers in manual ( @entity4736 .45; 95% CI 1.34 to 1.58) or other occupations ( @entity4736 .35; 95% CI 1.13 to 1.62) had higher risk. @entity1 with mothers who were high school graduates ( @entity4736 .23; 95% CI 1.12 to 1.36) or junior school graduates ( @entity4736 .91; 95% CI 1.66 to 2.19) had higher risk than those whose mothers were college graduates. After controlling for individual-level variables, residence in more deprived districts ( @entity4736 .13; 95% CI 1.05 to 1.21) or non-metropolitan regions (urban @entity4736 .34; 95% CI 1.22 to 1.47 and rural @entity4736 .61; 95% CI 1.40 to 1.86) was significantly associated with increased risk. CONCLUSIONS: Both individual-level and area-level socioeconomic position influenced the risk for childhood @entity130 . To reduce the socioeconomic inequalities and the absolute burden in Korea, universal strategies should receive priority, and special efforts in implementation should be directed towards both disadvantaged households and areas.

Association between childhood XXXX and socioeconomic position at individual and area levels: a multilevel study.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['children', 'Children', 'boys', 'Girls'] @entity4736 :: ('6240', 'Gene') :: ['RR 1'] @entity130 :: ('MESH:D014947', 'Disease') :: ['fatal injuries']
@entity130 :: (MESH:D014947,Disease) :: ['fatal injuries']
