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Racism as a Leading Cause of Death: Measuring Excess Deaths in the US

2021-08-31 public and global health Title + abstract only
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BackgroundExcess death for Black people compared with White people is a measure of health equity. We sought to determine the excess deaths under the age of 65 (<65) for Black people in the United States (US) over the most recent 20-year period. We also compared the excess deaths for Black people with a cause of death that is traditionally reported. MethodsWe used the Center of Disease Control (CDC) WONDERs Multiple Cause of Death 1999-2019 dataset to report age-adjusted mortality rates among no...

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