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- Title
The reversal of fortunes: trends in county mortality and cross-county mortality disparities in the United States.
- Authors
Ezzati, Majid; Friedman, Ari B; Kulkarni, Sandeep C; Murray, Christopher J L
- Abstract
Counties are the smallest unit for which mortality data are routinely available, allowing consistent and comparable long-term analysis of trends in health disparities. Average life expectancy has steadily increased in the United States but there is limited information on long-term mortality trends in the US counties This study aimed to investigate trends in county mortality and cross-county mortality disparities, including the contributions of specific diseases to county level mortality trends.
- Publication
PLoS medicine, 2008, Vol 5, Issue 4, pe66
- ISSN
1549-1676
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pmed.0050066