Pervasive health disparities continue to exist among racial/ethnic minority groups, but the
factors related to these disparities have not been fully elucidated. We undertook this …

Racial/ethnic differences in health and mortality stand at the heart of the public health
agenda of the United States (Kington and Nickens, 2001; Martin and Soldo, 1997; Williams …

Racial-ethnic disparities in static levels of health are well documented. Less is known about
racial-ethnic differences in age trajectories of health. The few studies on this topic have …

Racial disparities in health have been well documented over the past several decades. Most
of the research on racial disparities has focused primarily on comparisons of Blacks and …

For over a hundred years, medical and social scientists have studied differences in health
status among racial groups in the United States. The resulting literature has focused on …

While health inequalities related to race/ethnicity, nativity, and age are well documented, it
remains unclear how these axes of stratification combine to shape health trajectories …

Objectives. This study examined socioeconomic differentials in mortality among Hispanics in
the United States, focusing on the older ages. We address previous research suggesting …

Background Despite the well-established literature on the effects of race and socioeconomic
status (SES) on mortality, limited information exists on mediators of these effects. Taking a …

During the last 4 decades, a rapid increase has occurred in the number of survey-based and
epidemiological studies of the health profiles of adults in general and of the causes of …

Background Differences in health status between Black and White adults in the United
States have been widely documented. For instance, in recent reviews, Manton, Patrick, and …