Health Equity

Comparison of All-Cause Mortality Rates and Inequities Between Black and White Populations Across the 30 Most Populous US Cities

Abstract: This cross-sectional study examines city-level data from the 30 most populous US cities regarding all-cause mortality rates and racial inequities within cities and seeks to determine whether these measures changed during the past decade.

Publication: JAMA

Date Published: January 20, 2021

Author(s): Maureen R. Benjamins, PhD; Abigail Silva, PhD, MPH; Nazia S. Saiyed, MPH and Fernando G. De Maio, PhD

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