Life Expectancy Gaps Among Black and White Persons and Contributing Causes of Death in 3 Large US Cities, 2018-2019.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

US cities have substantial, but varying, levels of racial mortality inequities, a consequence of structural racism. As committed partners increasingly pledge to eliminate health inequities, local data are required to focus and unify efforts.

Objective

To analyze the contributions of 26 cause-of-death categories to Black to White life expectancy gaps within 3 large US cities.

Design, setting, and participants

In this cross-sectional study, data were extracted from the 2018 and 2019 National Vital Statistics System Multiple Cause of Death Restricted Use data files for deaths by race, ethnicity, sex, age, place of residence, and underlying and contributing causes of death in Baltimore, Maryland; Houston, Texas; and Los Angeles, California. Life expectancy at b

SUBMITTER: Roesch PT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12549101 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature