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SUBMITTER: Bharmal N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3393007 | biostudies-other | 2012 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Bharmal Nazleen N Tseng Chi-Hong CH Kaplan Robert R Wong Mitchell D MD
Health services research 20111108 1 Pt 2
<h4>Objective</h4>To explore state patterns in the racial life expectancy gap.<h4>Data sources</h4>The 1997-2004 Multiple Cause of Death PUF, 2000 U.S. Census.<h4>Study design</h4>We calculated life expectancy at birth for black and white men and women.<h4>Data extraction methods</h4>Data were obtained by the NCHS and U.S. Census Bureau.<h4>Principal findings</h4>States with small racial differences are due to higher-than-expected life expectancy for blacks or lower-than-expected for whites. Sta ...[more]