Cause-specific mortality by county, race, and ethnicity in the USA, 2000-19: a systematic analysis of health disparities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Large disparities in mortality exist across racial-ethnic groups and by location in the USA, but the extent to which racial-ethnic disparities vary by location, or how these patterns vary by cause of death, is not well understood. We aimed to estimate age-standardised mortality by racial-ethnic group, county, and cause of death and describe the intersection between racial-ethnic and place-based disparities in mortality in the USA, comparing patterns across health conditions.

Methods

We applied small-area estimation models to death certificate data from the US National Vital Statistics system and population data from the US National Center for Health Statistics to estimate mortality by age, sex, county, and racial-ethnic group annually from 2000 to 2019 for 19 broa

SUBMITTER: GBD US Health Disparities Collaborators 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10528747 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature