Inequality in mortality decreased among the young while increasing for older adults, 1990-2010
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Inequality in mortality decreased among the young while increasing for older adults, 1990-2010.
Many recent studies point to increasing inequality in mortality in the United States over the past 20 years. These studies often use mortality rates in middle and old age. We used poverty level rankings of groups of U.S. counties as a basis for analyzing inequality in mortality for all age groups in 1990, 2000, and 2010. Consistent with previous studies, we found increasing inequality in mortal...
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عنوان ژورنال: Science
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0036-8075,1095-9203
DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf1437