Open AccessIndividual Health Status and Racial Minority Concentration in US States and Counties
Author(s) -
Jennifer M. Mellor,
Jeffrey Milyo
Publication year - 2004
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.94.6.1043
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , residence , demography , ethnic group , race (biology) , census , population , health equity , gerontology , geography , medicine , public health , sociology , gender studies , nursing , anthropology
We examined whether the positive association between mortality rates and racial minority concentration documented in ecological studies would be found for health status after control for race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and region of residence.