Association Between Changes in Racial Residential and School Segregation and Trends in Racial Health Disparities, 2000-2020: A Life Course Perspective.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Most studies of the relationship between racial segregation and racial health disparities have focused on residential segregation. School-based racial segregation is an additional form of segregation that may be associated with racial disparities in health. This study examines the relationship between both residential segregation and school segregation and racial health disparities among non-Hispanic Black compared to non-Hispanic White persons at the county level in the United States. It also examines the relationship between changes in residential and school segregation and subsequent trajectories in a variety of racial health disparities across the life course.

Methods

Using the CDC WONDER Multiple Case of Death database, we derived an annual estimate of race

SUBMITTER: Siegel M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11914365 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature