Cause-Specific Mortality and Racial Differentials in Life Expectancy, Chicago 2018-2019.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In Chicago in 2018, the average life expectancy (ALE) for NH Blacks was 71.5 years, 9.1 fewer years than for NH Whites (80.6 years). Inasmuch as some causes of death are increasingly recognized products of structural racism, in urban areas, such causes may have potential for reducing racial inequities through public health intervention. Our purpose is to allocate racial inequities in ALE in Chicago to differentials in cause-specific mortality.

Methods

Using multiple decrement processes and decomposition analysis, we examine cause-specific mortality in Chicago to determine the causes of death that contribute to the gap in life expectancy between NH Blacks and NH Whites.

Results

Among females, the racial difference in ALE was 8.21 years; for males, it was 10.

SUBMITTER: Bishop-Royse J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10042425 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature