Regional Cultures and Mortality in America: Institutions, income, and mortality in the United States; 2. Institutions and the mortality of African Americans, Hispanics, and American Indians; 3. Regional patterns of urban African American mortality

Across The Contiguous 48 States, Populations In States With More Activist Civic Cultures Have Lower Mortality Than States That Do Not Follow This Model. Several Different Factors Can Be Pointed To As Causes For This Discrepancy - Net Income, Class Inequality, And The History Of Settlement In Each Of The Different States And Regions. These Observations Are True Of Non-hispanic Whites And African Americans But Not Of American Indians, And Hispanics, Neither Of Which Is Fully Integrated Into The State Political Culture And Economy In Which It Resides. In Regional Cultures And Mortality In America, The Struggles These Various Populations Face In Regard To Their Health Are Explored In Terms Of Where They Reside--provided By Publisher. Machine Generated Contents Note: Part I. The National Perspective: 1. Institutions, Income, And Mortality In The United States; 2. Institutions And The Mortality Of African Americans, Hispanics, And American Indians; 3. Regional Patterns Of Urban African American Mortality; Part Ii. Local Studies: 4. Extremes Of Mortality In The Poorest States; 5. Regional Differences In American Indian Mortality; 6. Hispanic Mortality In New Mexico; 7. Conclusion. Stephen J. Kunitz With The Assistance Of Ning Zhang. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover 1 Half-title page 3 Title page 5 Copyright page 6 Dedication 7 Epigraph 8 Contents 9 Figures 11 Tables 13 Acknowledgments 17 Introduction 19 Part I The National Perspective 43 1 Institutions, Income, and Mortality in the United States 45 2 Institutions and the Mortality of African Americans, Hispanics, and American Indians 75 3 Regional Patterns of Urban African American Mortality 95 Part II Local Studies 131 4 Extremes of Mortality in the Poorest States 133 5 Regional Differences in American Indian Mortality 165 6 Hispanic Mortality in New Mexico 209 7 Conclusion 240 Appendix 1 Logistic Regressions (Odds Ratios) of Death in the NMLS Sample onto the Index, the Components of the Index Separately, Median Income, and Income Inequality 263 Appendix 2 Homicide and the Index of Institutionalism 265 Appendix 3 Income and Taxes in Kentucky, West Virginia, and North and South Dakota 270 Appendix 4 Homicide in North and South Dakota and Manitoba and Saskatchewan 272 Appendix 5 The Appearance of Type 2 Diabetes among American Indians 274 Appendix 6 Use of Language Other than English by Self-Identified M embers of Tribes Native to the States in whichthey Reside 277 Appendix 7 Kinship and Substance Misuse Among Hispanics in New Mexico 279 Index 287 Examines how state government policies and their historic beginnings have present-day effects on their residents' political lives and on population health, especially for marginalized groups