STUDY OBJECTIVE: To describe variation in levels and causes of excess mortality and
temporal mortality change among young and middle aged adults in a regionally diverse set …

Researchers speculate that in addition to poverty, residential patterns may contribute to
black/white differences in mortality rates. But few have assessed the relationship. This study …

Background Although the general relations between race, socioeconomic status, and
mortality in the United States are well known, specific patterns of excess mortality are not …

The authors conducted a survival analysis to determine the effect of poverty on mortality in a
national sample of blacks and whites, 25 to 74 years of age (the first National Health and …

Reducing health disparities among Americans isa public health goal for this nation. A
substantial number of objectives in Healthy People 2000: NationalHealth Promotion and …

Objectives. Black working-aged residents of urban high-poverty areas suffered severe
excess mortality in 1980 and 1990. Our goal in this study was to determine whether this …

OBJECTIVES. A large US sample was used to estimate the effects of race, employment
status, income, education, occupation, marital status, and household size on mortality …

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of the study was to conduct a national multivariate analysis on
poverty-area residence and mortality in the United States. METHODS: Proportional hazards …

OBJECTIVES: This study examined premature mortality by county in the United States and
assessed its association with metro/urban/rural geographic location, socioeconomic status …

To examine the reasons for the association between socioeconomic status and poor health,
the authors examined the nine-year mortality experience of a random sample of residents …