Hispanic-White Differences in Lifespan Variability in the United States

Demography

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 215-239

  Lariscy, Joseph T ^a   Nau, Claudia ^b   Firebaugh, Glenn ^c   Hummer, Robert A ^d  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

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

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult mortality; Cause of death; Hispanic paradox; Lifespan variability; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84957842778     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-015-0450-x     Document Type: Article

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