Eight Americas: investigating mortality disparities across races, counties, and race-counties in the United States.

Eight Americas: investigating mortality disparities across races, counties, and race-counties in the United States.

<h4>Background</h4>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 t...

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Main Authors: Christopher J L Murray, Sandeep C Kulkarni, Catherine Michaud, Niels Tomijima, Maria T Bulzacchelli, Terrell J Iandiorio, Majid Ezzati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2006-09-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030260

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