Eight Americas: Investigating Mortality Disparities across Races, Counties, and Race-Counties in the United States

• Published in: PLoS medicine Vol. 3; no. 9; p. e260
• Main Authors: Murray, Christopher J. L, Kulkarni, Sandeep C, Michaud, Catherine, Tomijima, Niels, Bulzacchelli, Maria T, Iandiorio, Terrell J, Ezzati, Majid
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 01.09.2006; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Chronic Disease Management; Chronic illnesses; Continental Population Groups; Delivery of Health Care - trends; Epidemiology; Epidemiology/Public Health; Female; Geography - trends; Health disparities; Health Policy; Health Services Accessibility - trends; Humans; Life expectancy; Life Expectancy - trends; Male; Middle Aged; Mortality; Mortality - trends; Patient Acceptance of Health Care; Public Health; Risk Factors; Sex Factors; Socioeconomic Factors; United States - epidemiology; United States; United States > US; Geography; Age Factors; United States; Humans; Middle Aged; Mortality; Risk Factors; Male; Socioeconomic Factors; Patient Acceptance of Health Care; Delivery of Health Care; Health Services Accessibility; Life Expectancy; Adolescent; Sex Factors; Adult; Female; Continental Population Groups

The gap between the highest and lowest life expectancies for race-county combinations in the United States is over 35 y. We divided the race-county combinations of the US population into eight distinct groups, referred to as the "eight Americas," to explore the causes of the disparities th...