Well mine was on Sunday morning but my socioeconomic status was average.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15272128
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:
The
study aim was to examine the incidence of ischemic stroke (IS) by day
of the week and its relationship with age, sex, and socioeconomic status
(SES).
METHODS:
A
total of 12,801 IS events in men and women aged 25 to 99 years was
recorded in a population-based stroke register (FINMONICA), which was
functioning in Finland from 1982 to 1992. We analyzed the weekly
variation in IS incidence by pooling the data and stratifying by sex and
age. Taxable income and level of education were used as indicators of
SES.
RESULTS:
We
observed a significant weekly variation in IS occurrence, but the
analysis by age group demonstrated a difference by weekday only in the
age group 60 to 74, both in men and women (P<0.001 and P=0.02,
respectively). The increase in the number of IS events from Sunday to
Monday was pronounced in men (29.2% increase from Sunday to Monday).
When stratifying by age, Monday excess in IS incidence was associated
with lower SES among persons >59 years of age. No Monday excess was
observed in persons with high SES.
CONCLUSIONS:
Because
the incidence of IS is much higher in persons with low SES than in
those with high SES, the Monday excess in persons with low SES is of
substantial public health interest. This finding may suggest reasons for
the higher IS incidence in persons with low socioeconomic positions and
open up some possibilities for prevention.
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