Income Inequality and Mortality in US Counties: Does Minority Racial Concentration Matter?

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dc.contributor.authorMcLaughlin, Diane K.
dc.contributor.authorStokes, C. Shannon
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T15:01:09Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T15:01:09Z
dc.date.issued2002
dc.description.abstractThis study examined (1) the relationship between income inequality and mortality among all counties in the contiguous United States to ascertain whether the relationships found for states and metropolitan areas extend to smaller geographic units and (2) the influence of minority racial concentration on the inequality–mortality linkage. Methods. This county-level ecologic analysis used data from the Compressed Mortality Files and the US Census.Weighted least squares regression models of age-, sex-, and race-adjusted county mortality rates were estimated to examine the additive and interactive effects of income inequality and minority racial concentration. Results. Higher income inequality at the county level was significantly associated with higher total mortality. Higher minority racial concentration also was significantly related to higher mortality and interacted with income inequality. Conclusions. The relationship between income inequality and mortality is robust for counties in the United States. Minority concentration interacts with income inequality, resulting in higher mortality in counties with low inequality and a high percentage of Blacks than in counties with high inequality and a high percentage of Blacks.
dc.description.urihttps://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.92.1.99
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/hejh-vwhv
dc.identifier.citationMcLaughlin, Diane K. and Stokes, C. Shannon (2002) Income Inequality and Mortality in US Counties: Does Minority Racial Concentration Matter? American Journal of Public Health, 2002 (1). pp. 99-104.
dc.identifier.issn0090-0036
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 972
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/22931
dc.subjectHealth Equity
dc.subjectstudies
dc.subjectincome inequality
dc.subjectmortality
dc.subjectminority racial concentration
dc.subjectinequality–mortality linkage
dc.titleIncome Inequality and Mortality in US Counties: Does Minority Racial Concentration Matter?
dc.typeArticle

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