Geographic and Racial Variation in Premature Mortality in the U.S.: Analyzing the Disparities

Life expectancy at birth, estimated from United States period life tables, has been shown to vary systematically and widely by region and race. We use the same tables to estimate the probability of survival from birth to age 70 (S(70)), a measure of mortality more sensitive to disparities and more r...

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Autores principales: Cullen, Mark R., Cummins, Clint, Fuchs, Victor R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3328498/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22529892
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0032930

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