Why Lifespans Are More Variable Among Blacks Than Among Whites in the United States

Demography

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2025-2045

  Firebaugh, Glenn ^a,b   Acciai, Francesco ^b   Noah, Aggie J ^b   Prather, Christopher ^b   Nau, Claudia ^c  

^a The Pennsylvania State University ^*  (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult mortality; Cause of death; Health disparities; Life expectancy; Lifespan variability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84916242654     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-014-0345-2     Document Type: Article

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