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- Title
Mortality Rates among 15- to 44-Year-Old Women in Boston: Looking Beyond Reproductive Status.
- Authors
Katz, Martha Ellen; Holmes, Michelle D.; Power, Karen L.; Wise, Paul H.
- Abstract
Mortality rates were examined for Boston women, aged 15 to 44, from 1980 to 1989. There were 1234 deaths, with a rate of 787.8/100 000 for the decade. Leading causes were cancer, accidents, heart disease, homicide, suicide, and chronic liver disease. After age adjustment, African-American women in this age group were 2.3 times more likely to die than White women. Deaths at least partly attributable to smoking and alcohol amounted to 29.8% and 31.9%, respectively. Mortality was found to be related more directly to the general well-being of young women than to their reproductive status, and many deaths were preventable. African-American/White disparities were most likely (inked to social factors. These findings suggest that health needs of reproductive-age women transcend reproductive health and require comprehensive interventions.
- Subjects
BOSTON (Mass.); MASSACHUSETTS; DEATH rate; WOMEN; CANCER; LIVER diseases; REPRODUCTIVE health
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 1995, Vol 85, Issue 8, p1135
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.85.8_Pt_1.1135