Journal article
The Longevity Gap Between Black and White Men in the United States at the Beginning and End of the 20th Century
American journal of public health (1971), Vol.100(2), pp.357-363
02/01/2010
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.158188
PMCID: PMC2804648
PMID: 20019309
Abstract
Objectives. We sought to assess whether the disparity in mortality rates between Black and White men decreased from the beginning to the end of the 20th century.
Methods. We used Cox proportional hazard models for mortality to estimate differences in longevity between Black and White Civil War veterans from 1900 to 1914 (using data from a pension program) and a later cohort of male participants (using data from the 1992 to 2006 Health and Retirement Study). In sensitivity analysis, we compared relative survival of veterans for alternative baseline years through 1914.
Results. In our survival analysis, the Black-White male difference in mortality, both unadjusted and adjusted for other influences, did not decrease from the beginning to the end of the 20th century. A 17% difference in Black-White mortality remained for the later cohort even after we controlled for other influences. Although we could control for fewer other influences on longevity, the Black-White differences in mortality for the earlier cohort was 18%.
Conclusions. In spite of overall improvements in longevity, a major difference in Black-White male mortality persists. (Am J Public Health. 2010;100:357-363. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2008.158188)
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The Longevity Gap Between Black and White Men in the United States at the Beginning and End of the 20th Century
- Creators
- Frank A. Sloan - Duke UniversityPadmaja Ayyagari - Yale UniversityMartin Salm - Tilburg UniversityDaniel Grossman - Duke University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- American journal of public health (1971), Vol.100(2), pp.357-363
- Publisher
- Amer Public Health Assoc Inc
- DOI
- 10.2105/AJPH.2008.158188
- PMID
- 20019309
- PMCID
- PMC2804648
- ISSN
- 0090-0036
- eISSN
- 1541-0048
- Number of pages
- 7
- Grant note
- R37AG017473 / NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute on Aging (NIA) 2R 37-AC-17473-05A1 / National Institute on Aging; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute on Aging (NIA)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 02/01/2010
- Academic Unit
- Health Management and Policy
- Record Identifier
- 9984363571602771
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