Background A core function of local health departments is to conduct health assessments.
The analysis of death certificates provides information on diseases, conditions, and injuries …

Objectives. To assess years of life lost to each cause of death in the United States between
1995 and 2015, and compare it with the number of deaths. Methods. We used Vital Statistics …

Objective To systematically compare midlife mortality patterns in the United States across
racial and ethnic groups during 1999-2016, documenting causes of death and their relative …

Background Reduction of premature mortality is a UN Sustainable Development Goal.
Unlike other high-income countries, age-adjusted mortality in the USA plateaued in 2010 …

Background Premature mortality is a meaningful indicator of both population health and
health system performance, which varies by geography in Ontario. We used the Local …

Abstract Background The United States health care debate has focused on the nation's
uniquely high rates of lack of insurance and poor health outcomes relative to other high …

Background Asian–Americans outlive whites by an average of nearly 8 years. By
determining the sources of the Asian mortality advantage, we can pinpoint where there is the …

Background Large disparities in mortality exist across racial–ethnic groups and by location
in the USA, but the extent to which racial–ethnic disparities vary by location, or how these …

Importance Premature death rates vary in the United States by race/ethnicity. Despite their
socioeconomic disadvantages, US Latino populations have lower premature mortality rates …

Abstract US early-life (ages 1–24) deaths are tragic, far too common, and largely
preventable. Yet demographers have focused scant attention on US early-life mortality …