The current differential in black and white life expectancy

作者：Verna M. Keith, David P. Smith · 发表于：Demography · 年份：1988 · DOI：10.2307/2061326 · 被引用次数：27 · 研究领域：Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management、Global Health Care Issues、Health disparities and outcomes

The 1980 National Center for Health Statistics life tables for the U.S. black and white populations reveal a difference in life expectancy of 7 years between black and white males and 6 years between black and white females. Using cause-substituted life tables, we show that a number of causes of death contribute to the difference. The largest contributors are cardiovascular disease for both sexes and homicide and cancer for males.