Changing to the 2000 Standard Million: Are Declining Racial/Ethnic and Socioeconomic Inequalities in Health Real Progress or Statistical Illusion?

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dc.contributor.authorKrieger, Nancy
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, David R.
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T15:01:10Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T15:01:10Z
dc.date.issued2001
dc.description.abstractObjectives. This study determined the effects of changing from the 1940 to the 2000 standard million on monitoring socioeconomic and racial/ethnic inequalities in health. Methods. Using the 1940, 1970, and 2000 standard million, we calculated and compared ageadjusted rates for selected health outcomes stratified by socioeconomic level. Results. Changing from the 1940 to the 2000 standard million markedly reduced the age-adjusted relative risks for self-reported fair or poor health status of poor Americans compared with high-income Americans. Conclusions. Public health researchers and practitioners should give serious consideration to the implications of the change to the 2000 standard million for monitoring social inequalities in health.
dc.description.urihttps://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.91.8.1209
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/o3ep-pynz
dc.identifier.citationKrieger, Nancy and Williams, David R. (2001) Changing to the 2000 Standard Million: Are Declining Racial/Ethnic and Socioeconomic Inequalities in Health Real Progress or Statistical Illusion? American Journal of Public Health, 91 (8). pp. 1209-1213.
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 974
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/22933
dc.subjectHealth Equity
dc.subjectHealth
dc.subjectDisparities
dc.subjectPublic Health
dc.subjectResearch
dc.subjectracial/ethnic
dc.subjectrace
dc.subjectethnicity
dc.subjectsocioeconomic
dc.subjectinequality
dc.titleChanging to the 2000 Standard Million: Are Declining Racial/Ethnic and Socioeconomic Inequalities in Health Real Progress or Statistical Illusion?
dc.typeArticle

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