Heterogeneity in Disparities in Life Expectancy Across US Metropolitan Areas.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Life expectancy in the United States has declined since 2014 but characterization of disparities within and across metropolitan areas of the country is lacking.

Methods

Using census tract-level life expectancy from the 2010 to 2015 US Small-area Life Expectancy Estimates Project, we calculate 10 measures of total and income-based disparities in life expectancy at birth, age 25, and age 65 within and across 377 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) of the United States.

Results

We found wide heterogeneity in disparities in life expectancy at birth across MSAs and regions: MSAs in the West show the narrowest disparities (absolute disparity: 8.7 years, relative disparity: 1.1), while MSAs in the South (absolute disparity: 9.1 years, relative disparity: 1.1) an

SUBMITTER: Schnake-Mahl AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9574908 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature