Explaining Inequalities in Women's Mortality between U.S. States.

ABSTRACT: Inequalities in women's mortality between U.S. states are large and growing. It is unknown whether they reflect differences between states in their population characteristics, contextual characteristics, or both. This study systematically examines the large inequalities in women's mortality between U.S. states using a multilevel approach. It focuses on "fundamental" social determinants of mortality at the individual and state levels as potential explanations. We analyze data from the 2013 public-use National Longitudinal Mortality Study on women aged 45-89 years and estimate multilevel logistic regression models. The models include women's personal characteristics (age, race/ethnicity, education, employment, income, and marriage) and states' contextual characteristics (economic environment

SUBMITTER: Montez JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5049881 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature