Differential Mortality in the United States: A Study in Socio-economic Epidemiology (Vital and Health Statistics Monographs, American Public Health Association)

Although the United States is the most affluent nation on the globe, at least fifteen nations have a longer life expectancy at birth. One important factor in this country's relatively poor morality ranking is the persistence of striking differences in death rates among various racial and socioeconomic groups. PREFACE CONTENTS TABLES APPENDIX TABLES FIGURES FOREWORD NOTES ON TABLES AND FIGURES 1. INTRODUCTION 2. EDUCATION AND INCOME DIFFERENTIALS 3. OCCUPATION DIFFERENTIALS 4. SOCIOECONOMIC DIFFERENTIALS IN A METROPOLIS 5. SOCIOECONOMIC DIFFERENTIALS BY CAUSE OF DEATH 6. DIFFERENTIAL MORTALITY BY RACE, NATIVITY, COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, MARITAL STATUS, AND PARITY 7. GEOGRAPHIC DIFFERENTIALS AND SOCIOECONOMIC CORRELATES 8. SUMMARY AND IMPLICATIONS APPENDIX A. THE 1960 STUDY OF DEATHS MATCHED WITH CENSUS RECORDS: OBJECTIVES, DESIGN, AND ESTIMATION PROCEDURES APPENDIX Β. NOTES REFERENCES INDEX