RACE/ETHNICITY AND U.S. ADULT MORTALITY: Progress, Prospects, and New Analyses

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dc.contributor.authorHummer, Robert A.
dc.contributor.authorChinn, Juanita J.
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T15:03:32Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T15:03:32Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractAlthough there have been significant decreases in U.S. mortality rates, racial/ethnic disparities persist. The goals of this study are to: (1) elucidate a conceptual framework for the study of racial/ethnic differences in U.S. adult mortality, (2) estimate current racial/ethnic differences in adult mortality, (3) examine empirically the extent to which measures of socioeconomic status and other risk factors impact the mortality differences across groups, and (4) utilize findings to inform the policy community with regard to eliminating racial/ethnic disparities in mortality. Relative Black-White differences are modestly narrower when compared to a decade or so ago, but remain very wide. The majority of the Black-White adult mortality gap can be accounted for by measures of socioeconomic resources that reflect the historical and continuing significance of racial socioeconomic stratification. Further, when controlling for socioeconomic resources, MexicanAmericans and Mexican immigrants exhibit significantly lower mortality risk than non-Hispanic Whites. Without aggressive efforts to create equality in socioeconomic and social resources, Black-White disparities in mortality will remain wide, and mortality among the Mexican-origin population will remain higher than what would be the case if that population achieved socioeconomic equality with Whites.
dc.description.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1742058X11000051
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/wmwn-b0s2
dc.identifier.citationHummer, Robert A. and Chinn, Juanita J. (2011) RACE/ETHNICITY AND U.S. ADULT MORTALITY: Progress, Prospects, and New Analyses. Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race, 8 (01). pp. 5-24.
dc.identifier.issn1742-058X
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 2846
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/23486
dc.subjectHealth Equity
dc.subjectDisparities
dc.subjectPolicy
dc.subjectRace
dc.subjectEthnicity
dc.subjectMortality
dc.subjectHealth Disparities
dc.subjectAfrican Americans
dc.subjectMexican Americans
dc.subjectSocioeconomic Status
dc.titleRACE/ETHNICITY AND U.S. ADULT MORTALITY: Progress, Prospects, and New Analyses
dc.typeArticle

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