Contribution of Major Diseases to Disparities in Mortality
Los Angeles County Department of Health Services · University of California, Los Angeles · +2 more institutions
Abstract
Mortality from all causes is higher for persons with fewer years of education and for blacks, but it is unknown which diseases contribute most to these disparities.
We estimated cause-specific risks of death from data from the National Health Interview Survey conducted from 1986 through 1994 and from linked vital statistics. Using these risk estimates, we calculated potential years of life lost and potential gains in life expectancy related to specific causes, with stratification according to education level and race.
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 32.78
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 42
Authors
4- MDMitchell D. WongCorresponding
Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, University of California, Los Angeles
- MFMartin F. Shapiro
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, Department of Health Services
- WJW. John Boscardin
University of California, Los Angeles
- SLSusan L. Ettner
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, Department of Health Services
Topics & keywords
- Medicine
- Life expectancy
- Demography
- Disease
- Population
- Gerontology
- Years of potential life lost
- Environmental health
- Good health and well-being