Open AccessTrends in the Educational Gradient of Mortality Among US Adults Aged 45 to 84 Years: Bringing Regional Context Into the Explanation
Author(s) -
Jennifer Karas Montez,
Lisa F. Berkman
Publication year - 2014
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.2013.301526
Subject(s) - demography , context (archaeology) , national health interview survey , mortality rate , geography , race (biology) , white (mutation) , gerontology , medicine , population , sociology , gender studies , archaeology , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
We investigated trends in the educational gradient of US adult mortality, which has increased at the national level since the mid-1980s, within US regions.