June 06, 2023
The study points to how depression and living in an urban environment, with greater material and social inequities, can influence how a person ages. Researchers say this may occur even after accounting for individual-level health and behavioural risk factors, such as chronic conditions and poor health behaviours. The study found a one-point increase in the depression score accelerated a person’s risk of death by one month, while greater neighbourhood deprivation increased a person’s risk of death by almost one year.