biostudies-literatureCobb RJNCATS NIH HHSNIA NIH HHSGeorgia Clinical and Translational Science AllianceMichigan Center for Urban African American Aging ResearchCenter on Biodemography and Population HealthNational Institutes of HealthNIH HHS310-314https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9012980biostudies-literatureUnknown77(2)<h4>Background</h4>This study assessed whether reporting multiple reasons for perceived everyday discrimination was associated with an increased risk for all-cause mortality risk among older Black adults.<h4>Methods</h4>This study utilized data from a subsample of older Black adults from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), a nationally representative panel study of older adults in the United States. Our measure of multiple reasons for perceived everyday discrimination was based on self-reports from the 2006/2008 HRS waves. Respondents' vital status was obtained from the National Death Index and reports from key household informants (spanning 2006-2019). Cox proportional hazard models, which accounted for covariates linked to mortality, were used to estimate the risk of all-cause mortaliThe journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciencesMultiple Reasons for Perceived Everyday Discrimination and All-Cause Mortality Risk Among Older Black Adults.PMC9012980R24 AG045061UL1 TR002378P01 AG017625P30 AG017265UL1TR002378R24 AG054365T32 AG000037P30 AG017625Sheehan CMCobb RJErving CLLouie PfalseMultiple Reasons for Perceived Everyday Discrimination and All-Cause Mortality Risk Among Older Black Adults.<h4>Background</h4>This study assessed whether reporting multiple reasons for perceived everyday discrimination was associated with an increased risk for all-cause mortality risk among older Black adults.<h4>Methods</h4>This study utilized data from a subsample of older Black adults from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), a nationally representative panel study of older adults in the United States. Our measure of multiple reasons for perceived everyday discrimination was based on self-reports from the 2006/2008 HRS waves. Respondents' vital status was obtained from the National Death Index and reports from key household informants (spanning 2006-2019). Cox proportional hazard models, which accounted for covariates linked to mortality, were used to estimate the risk of all-cause mortali2022-01-01T00:00:00Z2022 Feb2025-04-21T18:53:39.211Z2025-04-05T17:26:41.8ZS-EPMC90129803460553910.1093/gerona/glab281