Improvement in racial disparities in years of life lost in the USA since 1990.

To examine changes in cause-specific Years of Life Lost (YLL) by age, race, and sex group in the USA from 1990 to 2014.60 million death reports from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) were categorized by age group, sex, race, and cause of death. YLL were calculated using age-specific l...

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Main Authors: Jeanine M Buchanich, Shannon M Doerfler, Michael F Lann, Gary M Marsh, Donald S Burke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5918944?pdf=render