Inequalities in Life Expectancy Among US Counties, 1980 to 2014

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Authors

Laura Dwyer‐Lindgren · Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

Amelia Bertozzi-Villa · Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

Rebecca W. Stubbs · Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

Chloe Morozoff · University of Washington

Johan P. Mackenbach · Erasmus MC

Frank J. van Lenthe · Erasmus MC

Ali H. Mokdad

Abstract

Geographic disparities in life expectancy among US counties are large and increasing. Much of the variation in life expectancy among counties can be explained by a combination of socioeconomic and race/ethnicity factors, behavioral and metabolic risk factors, and health care factors. Policy action targeting socioeconomic factors and behavioral and metabolic risk factors may help reverse the trend of increasing disparities in life expectancy in the United States.

Topics & Keywords

Global Health Care Issues Health disparities and outcomes Climate Change and Health Impacts

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: JAMA Internal Medicine

Volume 177, Issue 7, pp. 1003-1003

DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.0918

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