Open AccessWhy did black life expectancy decline from 1984 through 1989 in the United States?
Author(s) -
Kenneth D. Kochanek,
J Maurer,
H. M. Rosenberg
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.84.6.938
Subject(s) - life expectancy , demography , gerontology , public health , longevity , homicide , race (biology) , medicine , psychology , injury prevention , poison control , population , environmental health , biology , sociology , botany , nursing
The objective of this study was to partition the change in US life expectancy into those major causes of death and age groups that contributed most to the decline in life expectancy for Black males and females and to the increase in life expectancy for White males and females in the period from 1984 through 1989.