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July 1, 2003American Journal of Public Health1,456 citationsOpen Access

Area Deprivation and Widening Inequalities in US Mortality, 1969–1998

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GSGopal K. SinghUniversity of Southern California

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  • To evaluate long-term trends in mortality disparities across US regions with differing levels of socioeconomic deprivation between 1969 and 1998.
  • Analyzed trends in US population-level mortality across geographic areas categorized by deprivation level over a 30-year period (1969–1998).
  • Assessed relative rates of mortality decline across area-deprivation gradients.
  • Areal inequalities in mortality widened substantially over the 30-year study window.
  • The widening disparity was driven by slower rates of mortality decline in more socioeconomically deprived areas compared to less deprived areas.

Abstract

Areal inequalities in mortality widened because of slower mortality declines in more deprived areas. Future research needs to examine population-level social, behavioral, and medical care factors that may account for the increasing gradient.

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Gopal K. Singh (2003) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d56ce675589c71d767ce76https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.93.7.1137
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