Why the racial gap in life expectancy is declining in the United States
<b>Background</b>: Blacks have lower life expectancy than whites in the United States. That disparity could be due to racial differences in the causes of death, with blacks being more likely to die of causes that affect the young, or it could be due to differences in the average ages of...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
2014-10-01
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| Series: | Demographic Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol31/32/ |