Excess Mortality among Blacks and Whites in the United States

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Arline T. Geronimus · China Population and Development Research Center

John Bound · China Population and Development Research Center

Marianne M. Hillemeier · University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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Although the general relations be- tween race, socioeconomic status, and mortality in the United States are well known, specific patterns of excess mortality are not well understood.

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Health disparities and outcomes Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations Employment and Welfare Studies

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Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 335, Issue 21, pp. 1552-1558

DOI: 10.1056/nejm199611213352102

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Excess Mortality among Blacks and Whites in the United States

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