[EQ] Eight Americas: Investigating Mortality Disparities across Races, Counties, and Race-Counties in the United States

Eight Americas: Investigating Mortality Disparities across Races, Counties,
and Race-Counties in the United States

Christopher J. L. Murray1,2,3, Sandeep C. Kulkarni2,4, Catherine Michaud2,3,
Niels Tomijima3, Maria T. Bulzacchelli3, Terrell J. Iandiorio3, Majid
Ezzati1,2*

1 Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of
America, 2 Harvard University Initiative for Global Health, Cambridge,
Massachusetts, United States of America, 3 Center for Population and
Development Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United
States of America, 4 University of California San Francisco, San Francisco,
California, United States of America
PLoS medicine Volume 3 | Issue 9 | SEPTEMBER 2006

Available online at:
http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/
journal.pmed.0030260

"...Disparities in mortality across the eight Americas, each consisting of
millions or tens of millions of Americans, are enormous by all international
standards. The observed disparities in life expectancy cannot be explained
by race, income, or basic health-care access and utilization alone. Because
policies aimed at reducing fundamental socioeconomic inequalities are
currently practically absent in the US, health disparities will have to be
at least partly addressed through public health strategies that reduce risk
factors for chronic diseases and injuries..".

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From: Dennis Raphael

Wide Gaps Found In Mortality Rates Among U.S. Groups

By David Brown

Washington Post Staff Writer

Tuesday, September 12, 2006; A01

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/11/AR2006091101
297_pf.html

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