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

ABSTRACT:

Background

There are large and persistent disparities in life expectancy among racial-ethnic groups in the USA, but the extent to which these patterns vary geographically on a local scale is not well understood. This analysis estimated life expectancy for five racial-ethnic groups, in 3110 US counties over 20 years, to describe spatial-temporal variations in life expectancy and disparities between racial-ethnic groups.

Methods

We applied novel small-area estimation models to death registration data from the US National Vital Statistics System and population data from the US National Center for Health Statistics to estimate annual sex-specific and age-specific mortality rates stratified by county and racial-ethnic group (non-Latino and non-Hispanic White [White], non-Latino a

SUBMITTER: GBD US Health Disparities Collaborators 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9256789 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature