前言几个国家的研究资料表明,医生的总死亡率低于一般人群。在西方国家,医生的社会地位和教育水平高,并且经济收入也高于平均水平。他们属社会经济地位的上层,故死亡率低。但是,这种比较尚未揭示职业因素对医生健康方面的影响,尤其是他们的专业知识和技能是否有益于他们死亡率的降低。为此,我们对70年代的医生和社会经济状况与文化水平同他们相似的职业人群进行了死亡率的对比。对比包括了在芬兰居住的每一职业组的全体芬兰人。 Foreword The research data of several countries show that the doctor’s total mortality is lower than the general population. In Western countries, doctors have high social status and education, and their economic income is also above average. They are upper strata of socioeconomic status, so the mortality rate is low. However, this comparison has not revealed the effect of occupational factors on the health of doctors, especially whether their professional knowledge and skills are beneficial to their mortality. To this end, we compared the mortality rates of doctors and socio-economic and cultural levels in the 1970s with their similar occupational groups. The comparison included all Finns in each occupation group who lived in Finland.