Race, Class, and Place Modify Mortality Rates for the Leading Causes of Death in the United States, 1999-2021.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Race and ethnicity, socioeconomic class, and geographic location are well-known social determinants of health in the US. Studies of population mortality often consider two, but not all three of these risk factors.

Objectives

To disarticulate the associations of race (whiteness), class (socioeconomic status), and place (county) with risk of cause-specific death in the US.

Design

We conducted a retrospective analysis of death certificate data. Bayesian regression models, adjusted for age and race/ethnicity from the American Community Survey and the county Area Deprivation Index, were used for inference.

Main measures

County-level mortality for 11 leading causes of death (1999-2019) and COVID-19 (2020-2021).

Key results

County "whiteness" and soc

SUBMITTER: Formanack A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10042402 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature