US regional and national cause-specific mortality...

US regional and national cause-specific mortality and trends in income inequality: descriptive findings

Abstract

We examined the concordance of income inequality trends with 30-year US regional trends in cause-specific mortality and 100-year trends in heart disease and infant mortality. The evidence suggests that any effects of income inequality on population hea

Authors

Lynch J; Smith GD; Dunn J; Harper S; Ross N; Wolfson M

Journal

Demographic Research, Vol. S2, , pp. 183–228

Publisher

Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

Publication Date

April 16, 2004

DOI

10.4054/demres.2004.s2.8

ISSN

1435-9871

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Jim Dunn

Associate Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences

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