Even as mortality fell in most US counties, female mortality nonetheless rose in 42.8 percent of counties from 1992 to 2006

Health Affairs

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 451-458

  Kindig, David A ^a   Cheng, Erika R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MORTALITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875044826     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0892     Document Type: Article

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