Declining life expectancy in the Great Lakes region: contributors to Black and white longevity change across educational attainment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The East North Central Census division (aka the Great Lakes region) experienced a decrease in life expectancy of 0.3 years from 2014 to 2016 - one of the largest declines across the nine Census divisions. Disadvantaged groups that typically have below-average life expectancy, including Black individuals and those without a college education, may have been disproportionately affected by this longevity shift. This investigation examines life expectancy changes among different sex, race, and education groups in the Great Lakes region, and how specific causes of death contributed to within-group longevity changes over time and across age.

Methods

We used 2008 to 2017 death counts from the National Center for Health Statistics and American Community Survey population e

SUBMITTER: Roberts MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10130305 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature