Minority Health Status in Adulthood: The Middle Years

The objective of this article is to describe the racial and ethnic differences in health status during the “middle years” of life. We use data from National Vital Statistics Reports (Hoyert, Kochanek, and Murphy, 1999) to estimate excess mortality among racial and ethnic minority groups for the lead...

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Autores principales: LaVeist, Thomas A., Bowie, Janice V., Cooley-Quille, Michele
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: CENTERS for MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES 2000
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4194639/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25372505
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description The objective of this article is to describe the racial and ethnic differences in health status during the “middle years” of life. We use data from National Vital Statistics Reports (Hoyert, Kochanek, and Murphy, 1999) to estimate excess mortality among racial and ethnic minority groups for the leading causes of death among adults. Also discussed are the current state of scholarship in minority health and suggestions for future directions for research on racial and ethnic differences in health status.
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spelling pubmed-41946392014-11-04 Minority Health Status in Adulthood: The Middle Years LaVeist, Thomas A. Bowie, Janice V. Cooley-Quille, Michele Health Care Financ Rev Research Article The objective of this article is to describe the racial and ethnic differences in health status during the “middle years” of life. We use data from National Vital Statistics Reports (Hoyert, Kochanek, and Murphy, 1999) to estimate excess mortality among racial and ethnic minority groups for the leading causes of death among adults. Also discussed are the current state of scholarship in minority health and suggestions for future directions for research on racial and ethnic differences in health status. CENTERS for MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES 2000 /pmc/articles/PMC4194639/ /pubmed/25372505 Text en
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