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Why did black life expectancy decline from 1984 through 1989 in the United States?

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  • Kochanek, K.D.
  • Maurer, J.D.
  • Rosenberg, H.M.

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Objectives. 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. Methods. By means of a life table partitioning technique, the positive and negative contributions of age and cause of death to changes in life expectancy were estimated. Results. Causes contributing most to the decrease in life expectancy for Black males included human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection (

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  • Kochanek, K.D. & Maurer, J.D. & Rosenberg, H.M., 1994. "Why did black life expectancy decline from 1984 through 1989 in the United States?," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 84(6), pages 938-944.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:1994:84:6:938-944_5
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    1. Irma Elo, 2001. "New african American life tables from 1935–1940 to 1985–1990," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 38(1), pages 97-114, February.
    2. Zheng, Hui & George, Linda K., 2012. "Rising U.S. income inequality and the changing gradient of socioeconomic status on physical functioning and activity limitations, 1984–2007," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 75(12), pages 2170-2182.
    3. Evelyn Patterson, 2010. "Incarcerating death: Mortality in U.S. state correctional facilities, 1985–1998," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 47(3), pages 587-607, August.
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    5. Drèze, Jean & Gupta, Aashish & Parashar, Sai Ankit & Sharma, Kanika, 2020. "Pauses and reversals of infant mortality decline in India in 2017 and 2018," SocArXiv aqrfn, Center for Open Science.
    6. Ryan Masters & Robert Hummer & Daniel Powers & Audrey Beck & Shih-Fan Lin & Brian Finch, 2014. "Long-Term Trends in Adult Mortality for U.S. Blacks and Whites: An Examination of Period- and Cohort-Based Changes," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 51(6), pages 2047-2073, December.
    7. Irma Elo & Hiram Beltrán-Sánchez & James Macinko, 2014. "The Contribution of Health Care and Other Interventions to Black–White Disparities in Life Expectancy, 1980–2007," Population Research and Policy Review, Springer;Southern Demographic Association (SDA), vol. 33(1), pages 97-126, February.
    8. Wilma Nusselder & Caspar Looman, 2004. "Decomposition of differences in health expectancy by cause," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 41(2), pages 315-334, May.

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